Larch v. Gintoli ( 2004 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1910
ERNEST A. LARCH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1911
PAUL NEWMAN ALLEN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1912
BENNY BARFIELD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1913
ALVIN R. WILSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1914
JAMES HUGHES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
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No. 04-1915
RUFUS L. BELDING,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1916
JAMES ROBERT BENNINGTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1917
JOHN F. KENNEDY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
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GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 04-1918
JIMMY WORTHAM,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA
YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Anderson. Bruce H. Hendricks, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-04-1962-22BI-8; CA-04-1957-22BI-8; CA-04-1958-22BI-8; CA-04-
1959-22BI-8; CA-04-1961-22BI-8; CA-04-1955-22BI-8; CA-04-1956-22BI-
8; CA-04-1776-22BI-8; CA-04-1964-22BI-8)
Submitted: September 9, 2004 Decided: September 14, 2004
Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ernest A. Larch, Paul Newman Allen, Benny Barfield, Alvin R.
Wilson, James Hughes, Rufus L. Belding, James Robert Bennington,
John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Wortham, Appellants Pro Se.
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Ernest A. Larch, Paul
Newman Allen, Benny Barfield, Alvin R. Wilson, James Hughes, Rufus
L. Belding, James Robert Bennington, John F. Kennedy, and Jimmy
Wortham appeal a district court order denying their motions to join
as plaintiffs in another lawsuit. We dismiss all the appeals for
lack of jurisdiction because the order is interlocutory and not
appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final
orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and certain interlocutory and
collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b);
Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The
order appealed here is neither final nor an appealable
interlocutory or collateral order.
We therefore dismiss the appeals 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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