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Williams v. Clarke

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Nov 23, 2020
No. 20-6665 (4th Cir. Nov. 23, 2020)

Opinion

No. 20-6665

11-23-2020

BRANDON MARTEL WILLIAMS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, Respondent - Appellee.

Brandon Martel Williams, Appellant Pro Se.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Anthony John Trenga, District Judge. (1:20-cv-00255-AJT-TCB) Before WILKINSON, KING, and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Brandon Martel Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Brandon Martel Williams seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing without prejudice his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for failure to pay the filing fee. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Williams seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Williams has since paid the filing fee and the district court refiled Williams' § 2254 proceeding. 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


Summaries of

Williams v. Clarke

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Nov 23, 2020
No. 20-6665 (4th Cir. Nov. 23, 2020)
Case details for

Williams v. Clarke

Case Details

Full title:BRANDON MARTEL WILLIAMS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Nov 23, 2020

Citations

No. 20-6665 (4th Cir. Nov. 23, 2020)