Caustin Mclaughlin v. Commissioner of Social Security

USCA4 Appeal: 25-1224 Doc: 12 Filed: 09/29/2025 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 25-1224 CAUSTIN LEE MCLAUGHLIN, a/k/a Caustin Lee McLoughlin, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Charles David Austin, Magistrate Judge. (1:24-cv-02285-CDA) Submitted: September 25, 2025 Decided: September 29, 2025 Before GREGORY and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Caustin Lee Mclaughlin, Appellant Pro Se. Jean Godfrey, Special Assistant United States Attorney, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 25-1224 Doc: 12 Filed: 09/29/2025 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Caustin Lee Mclaughlin seeks to appeal the district court’s March 7, 2025, order referring his civil complaint, related to the denial of Mclaughin’s application for Social Security benefits, to the magistrate judge. 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 that Mclaughlin seeks to appeal is neither a final order, given that litigation on his claims is ongoing, nor is it an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss this 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 2