Miller v. Stieneke ( 1999 )


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  • UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    GARY LEWIS MILLER,
    Plaintiff-Appellant,
    v.
    DANIEL L. STIENEKE ; MACK JARVIS;
    MICHAEL E. BUMGARNER; J. HARDY;
    No. 99-7165
    SERGEANT BISSETT; CORRECTIONAL
    OFFICER LINDSEY; CORRECTIONAL
    OFFICER JACKSON; SERGEANT ADAMS;
    CORRECTIONAL OFFICER HILL; HAROLD
    SMALLS,
    Defendants-Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
    James C. Fox, District Judge.
    (CA-98-845-5-F)
    Submitted: December 16, 1999
    Decided: December 28, 1999
    Before MURNAGHAN and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and
    BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
    _________________________________________________________________
    Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
    opinion.
    _________________________________________________________________
    COUNSEL
    Gary Lewis Miller, Appellant Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See
    Local Rule 36(c).
    _________________________________________________________________
    OPINION
    PER CURIAM:
    Gary L. Miller appeals the district court's orders: (1) denying his
    petition for a writ of mandamus and a preliminary injunction for the
    return of certain items of personal property, (2) denying his petition
    for a writ of mandamus seeking review of the decision of North Caro-
    lina Prisoner Legal Services not to represent him on his 
    42 U.S.C.A. § 1983
     (West Supp. 1999) action, and (3) seeking discovery materi-
    als. We affirm in part and dismiss in part.
    Although a final order has not been entered in this action, this
    Court has jurisdiction to review the denial of Miller's motion for a
    preliminary injunction. See 
    28 U.S.C. § 1292
    (a)(1994). We have
    reviewed the record and find that the claim contained in his motion
    for a preliminary injunction is beyond the scope of this action and that
    Miller's failure to exhaust his administrative remedies bars recovery
    on this claim. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the district court
    because Miller has failed to show any likelihood of success on the
    merits of this claim. See Hoechst Diafoil Co. v. Nan Ya Plastics
    Corp., 
    174 F.3d 411
    , 417 (4th Cir. 1999).
    Because the district court has not entered a final order in this
    action, the court's orders denying his two petitions for mandamus are
    nonappealable, interlocutory orders. We therefore dismiss the appeal
    of the district court's denial of these petitions for lack of jurisdiction.
    See 
    28 U.S.C. § 1292
     (1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); see also Cohen
    v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 
    337 U.S. 541
     (1949). Similarly, the
    denial of Miller's discovery motion is not immediately appealable.
    See 
    id.
    We deny Miller's motions to stay the district court proceedings
    pending interlocutory review and for the production of documents.
    We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-
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    tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
    argument would not aid the decisional process.
    AFFIRMED IN PART AND DISMISSED IN PART
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Document Info

Docket Number: 99-7165

Filed Date: 12/28/1999

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014