92 F3d 1176 Bogart v. Jones

92 F.3d 1176

Nancy Lee BOGART, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Parnelli JONES; General Tire; Gencorp; Does 1-20; Law
Office of Moen & Hartman; Law Office of Moen & Hertz; John
T. Moen; Steven H. Hertz; Jeffery R. Hartman; Joseph J.
Iacopino; Iacopino & Byers; David C. Byers; Daniel W.
Dunbar; David S. Sabih; Belli & Sabih; Melvin M. Belli;
David S. Sabih & Associates; James T. Weir; John Fiske
Brown Associates; Paul C. Stimson; Jay Armes; The
Superior Court of Torrance, Torrance, California; State of
California; Superior Court of Orange County, Santa Ana,
California; The Superior Court of Norwalk, Norwalk,
California, Defendants-Appellees.
Nancy Lee BOGART, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Joseph J. IACOPINO; Iacopino & Byers; James Weir; Neil
Togerson; Does 1-20; Law Office of Moen & Hartman; Law
Office of Moen & Hertz; John T. Moen; Steven H. Hertz;
Jeffery R. Hartman; Parnelli Jones; General Tire;
Gencorp; David C. Byers; Daniel W. Dunbar; David S. Sabih
& Associates; Belli & Sabih; Melvin M. Belli; David S.
Sabih; John Fiske Brown Associates; Paul C. Stimson; Jay
Armes; The Superior Court Of Torrance, Torrance,
California; State of California; Superior Court of Orange
County, Santa Ana, California; The Superior Court of
Norwalk, Norwalk, California, Defendants-Appellees.
Nancy Lee BOGART, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LAW OFFICE OF MOEN & HARTMAN; John T. Moen; Steven H.
Hertz; Jeffery R. Hartman; Does 1-20; Law Office of Moen
& Hertz; Parnelli Jones; General Tire; Gencorp; Joseph
J. Iacopino; Iacopino & Byers; David C. Byers; Daniel W.
Dunbar; David S. Sabih; Belli & Sabih; Melvin M. Belli;
David S. Sabih; James T. Weir; John Fiske Brown
Associates; Jay Armes; The Superior Court of Torrance;
Torrance, California; State of California; The Superior
Court of Orange County; Santa Ana, California, State of
California; The Superior Court of Norwalk, Norwalk,
California, State Of California, Defendants-Appellees.

Nos. 96-1596, 96-1597, 96-1598.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: June 28, 1996.
Decided: July 23, 1996.

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.

Nancy Lee Bogart, Appellant Pro Se.

Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

In these consolidated appeals, Appellant appeals from the district court's orders dismissing her complaints without prejudice on jurisdictional grounds. A district court's dismissal without prejudice is not appealable. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers' Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064, 1066-67 (4th Cir.1993). A dismissal without prejudice could be final if "no amendment [to the complaint] could cure defects in the plaintiff's case." Id. at 1067. In ascertaining whether a dismissal without prejudice is reviewable in this court, the court must determine "whether the plaintiff could save her action by merely amending the complaint." Id. at 1066-67.

2

Because Appellant could have amended her complaint to correct jurisdictional flaws and to state some claims, the dismissal orders are not appealable. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for lack of jurisdiction. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED