Jones v. Saar ( 2004 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-7674
CHARLES JONES, a/k/a Nicholas Warner Jones,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
MARY ANN SAAR, Maryland State Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services; JOHN
SNOWDEN, Lieutenant; JULIUS WILLIAMS,
Sargeant,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
DANTE GREEN, Prison #309110; DONALD WHITE;
DARRYL TAYLOR, Prison #299166,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. (CA-
04-1243-1-RDB)
Submitted: December 16, 2004 Decided: December 28, 2004
Before MICHAEL, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Glenn William Bell, OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Charles Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion to amend his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint.
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 Jones
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 the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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