Opinion
No. 16-1467
01-19-2017
DOREEN SHING, Plaintiff - Appellant, and MAY SHING, Plaintiff, v. MD DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ADMINISTRATION; MD DEPT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, Defendants - Appellees.
Doreen Shing, Appellant Pro Se. William G. Dunlap, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. (1:16-cv-00683-RDB) Before DIAZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Doreen Shing, Appellant Pro Se. William G. Dunlap, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Doreen and May Shing ("the Shings") seek to appeal the district court's order dismissing their civil complaint without prejudice for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 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). Because it is possible that the Shings could cure the defects in their complaint through amendment, the order they seek to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Goode v. Cent. Va. Legal Aid Soc'y, 807 F.3d 619, 623-25 (4th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, we deny as moot Appellees' motion to submit on the briefs, dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand the case to the district court with instructions to allow the Shings to file an amended complaint. 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 AND REMANDED