Charles C. Hunter v. AUDRA O’BRIEN, Commonwealth Prosecutor Office

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 18-6314
CHARLES C. HUNTER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
AUDRA O’BRIEN, Commonwealth Prosecutor Office; COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA, Prosecutors Office,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Richmond. Roderick Charles Young, Magistrate Judge. (3:18-cv-00006-JAG-RCY)
Submitted: May 17, 2018 Decided: May 21, 2018
Before KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles C. Hunter, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Charles C. Hunter seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order directing him to
pay, or state under penalty of perjury that he is unable to pay, an initial partial filing fee
before proceeding with his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) action. This court may exercise
jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and
collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial
Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Hunter seeks to appeal is
neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we
dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED

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