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USCA4 Appeal: 22-6525 Doc: 9 Filed: 08/23/2022 Pg: 1 of 3 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 22-6525 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. KEVIN ALEXANDER SCOTT, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. George L. Russell, III, District Judge. (1:09-cr-00581-GLR-1; 1:16-cv-01930-GLR) Submitted: August 18, 2022 Decided: August 23, 2022 Before WYNN, THACKER, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges. Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Kevin Alexander Scott, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 22-6525 Doc: 9 Filed: 08/23/2022 Pg: 2 of 3 PER CURIAM: Kevin Alexander Scott seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his
28 U.S.C. § 2255motion and his motion for appointment of counsel. 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). “Ordinarily, a district court order is not final until it has resolved all claims as to all parties.” Porter v. Zook,
803 F.3d 694, 696 (4th Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks omitted). Our review of the record reveals that the district court did not adjudicate all of the claims raised in the motion.
Id. at 696-97. Specifically, the court failed to address whether Scott’s designation as a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines remains valid following Johnson v. United States,
576 U.S. 591(2015). 1 We conclude that the order Scott seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and remand to the district court for consideration of the unresolved claim. 2
Id. at 699. 1 The district court denied Scott’s motion for appointment of counsel (after his appointed counsel moved to withdraw) on the basis that Scott had “failed to articulate specific facts” to support his career offender claim that he referenced in his motion for appointment of counsel. However, the record shows that this claim was specifically and thoroughly raised in his § 2255 motion. 2 We express no opinion on the merits of the claim. 2 USCA4 Appeal: 22-6525 Doc: 9 Filed: 08/23/2022 Pg: 3 of 3 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 3
Document Info
Docket Number: 22-6525
Filed Date: 8/23/2022
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 8/24/2022