Arthur Rodgers v. Michael Stallings ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-7291
ARTHUR RODGERS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MICHAEL STALLINGS; LEAH YOUNGBLOOD; SERGEANT WHITACRE;
OFFICER PORTMESS; SOTTAS; LAMBERT; UNKNOWN NBCI PRISON
STAFF; SCOTT OAKLEY; ROBIN WOOLFORD,
Defendants – Appellees
and
OORT,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, Chief District
Judge. (1:12-cv-03778-CCB)
Submitted: January 22, 2015 Decided: January 27, 2015
Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Arthur Rodgers, Appellant Pro Se. Stephanie Judith Lane-Weber,
Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Arthur Rodgers seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying Rodgers’ motions for discovery and appointment of
counsel in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012) civil rights action.
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). The
order Rodgers 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 deny the pending
motion for appointment of counsel. 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
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