James Joseph Owens-El v. Maryland Transit Administration

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-2218

JAMES JOSEPH OWENS-EL,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

MARYLAND TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION,

Defendant - Appellee,

and

STATE OF MARYLAND; OFFICER K. DALES, (#0334) Maryland Transi t
Administration Policeman, in his individual and official capacity; SERGEANT B.
WHITE, (#0177) Maryland Transit Administration Policeman, in his individual and
official capacities; JEFFREY A. MILLER, Attorney at Law, in his individual and
official capacities; HOWARD SMITH, Claims Adjuster Transit Insurance Group; in
his individual and official capacities; LISA GREEN, Claims Adjuster, Transit
Insurance Group,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Stephanie A. Gallagher, District Judge. (1:19-cv-01248-SAG)

Submitted: February 18, 2020 Decided: February 20, 2020

Before MOTZ, HARRIS, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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James Joseph Owens-El, Appellant Pro Se. Ronald McGlenn Cherry, BONNER
KIERNAN TREBACH & CROCIATA LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James Joseph Owens-El seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his
“emergency motion seeking entervention” [sic]. This court may exercise jurisdiction only
over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2018), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders,
28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2018); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Owe ns-El seeks to appeal is neither a final order
nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed
in forma pauperis and 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