Karim Akbar v. P.E.R.T. Officers ( 2015 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-7525
KARIM ABDUL AKBAR,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
P.E.R.T. OFFICERS,
Defendant – Appellee,
and
JOYCE KORNEGAY, Commander; MR. MOBELY, Assistant
Superintendent of Programs; JOHNNY HAWKINS, Assistant
Superintendent of Custody,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan,
District Judge. (5:12-ct-03233-FL)
Submitted: January 15, 2015 Decided: January 21, 2015
Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Karim Abdul Akbar, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly D. Grande, NORTH
CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Karim Abdul Akbar seeks to appeal the district court’s
order directing the Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2012)
action to respond to his amended motion for discovery and
holding in abeyance the motions for discovery. 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 Akbar
seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable
interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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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