Watson v. Moore ( 2000 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-7497
ROBERT WATSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
MICHAEL MOORE, Director, in his official and
individual capacity; GERALDINE P. MIRO, Warden
of Allendale Correctional Institution; CLAR-
ENCE BENJAMIN, Captain; DOCTOR REGAN; DOCTOR
DEVLIN; UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge.
(CA-97-3180)
Submitted: March 7, 2000 Decided: April 24, 2000
Before WILKINS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Watson, Appellant Pro Se. Sandra Jane Senn, Charleston,
South Carolina; William Henry Davidson, II, Phillip Florence, Jr.,
DAVIDSON, MORRISON & LINDEMANN, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Robert Watson appeals the district court’s order adopting the
magistrate judge’s recommendation granting summary judgment and
dismissing Defendant Regan from Watson’s suit under 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 (1994). We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction be-
cause the order is not appealable. This court may exercise juris-
diction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994), and cer-
tain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1994);
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337
U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order
nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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
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