Case Explained: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NUMBER P60005535 v. MARIA CHERNIAVSKA, of Warsaw, Poland (Future First Lady of United States by 2028 in a parallel Universe); VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine; ESTATE OF ALEXEI NAVALNY; DARYA IGNATEVA, of Kyiv Ukraine; KATERYNA OLOKOBA, of Kherson, Ukraine; ERIN BURNETT Outfront of Cable News Network (CNN); INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE OF HAGUE, Netherlands, United Nations (UN); WORLD BANK; INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, IMF; COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Filed: 2026-06-24 The Fourth Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the appellant filed a notice of appeal before the district court had entered any final orders or appealable interlocutory orders. The court applied 28 U.S.C. § 1291, which limits appellate jurisdiction to final decisions, and noted that the appellant did not seek review of an order falling under the exceptions for interlocutory or collateral appeals found in 28 U.S.C. § 1292 or Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). As a practical consequence, the appeal was terminated without consideration of the merits; however, the court noted that if the district court subsequently enters a dismissal order after the appellant’s initial notice of appeal, the appellant must file a new notice of appeal to challenge that specific order. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.