James Willie Smith v. Talmadge Barnett Mr. Sanders Dr. Land J. J. Hayes P. Hicks R. Tompkins Dr. Vijaye , 983 F.2d 1057 ( 1992 )

983 F.2d 1057

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
James Willie SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Talmadge BARNETT; Mr. Sanders; Dr. Land; J. J. Hayes; P.
Hicks; R. Tompkins; Dr. Vijaye, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 92-7118.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: November 30, 1992
Decided: December 29, 1992

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District Judge. (CA-91-629-CRT-H)

James Willie Smith, Appellant Pro Se.

LaVee Hamer Jackson, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

E.D.N.C.

Dismissed.

Before WILKINS and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

OPINION

1

James Willie Smith appeals from the district court's denial of his Motion for Appointment of Counsel. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This Court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1988); 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.

2

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