Jamaal Gittens v. Carla Archie

USCA4 Appeal: 25-6321 Doc: 8 Filed: 11/04/2025 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 25-6321 JAMAAL GITTENS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. CARLA ARCHIE, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Frank D. Whitney, Senior District Judge. (3:24-cv-00817-FDW-DCK) Submitted: October 30, 2025 Decided: November 4, 2025 Before RUSHING and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Jamaal Gittens, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 25-6321 Doc: 8 Filed: 11/04/2025 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Jamaal Gittens seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion for default judgment in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action that is pending in the district court and denying his “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus” in which he sought a ruling on ownership of a parcel of real property. 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 Gittens 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 2