Washington v. Fleming ( 2004 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-6037
ANTHONY WASHINGTON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
RUFUS FLEMING, Regional Director; J. Halsey
HARRIS, Regional Obudsman; EDDIE L. PEARSON,
Chief Warden; DAVID B. EVERETT, Assistant
Warden of Operation and Security; JAMILA F.
BURNEY, Assistant Warden of Housing and
Programs; RICK E. WHITE, Senior Counselor;
MICHAEL SHAWN EDWARDS, Chaplin; RUFUS
ROBINSON, Unit Manager; L. MURPHY, Grievance
Coordinator; SERGEANT PARHAM, Correctional
Officer; MR. APPEL, Registered Nurse;
LIEUTENANT HAMLETTE; JOHN DOE, IV; OFFICER
KELLY; SERGEANT TISCHLER,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Raymond A. Jackson, District
Judge. (CA-02-778)
Submitted: August 26, 2004 Decided: September 1, 2004
Before WIDENER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Anthony Washington, Appellant Pro Se. Philip Carlton Hollowell,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia;
John David McChesney, Ashton Marie Jennette, RAWLS & MCNELIS, P.C.,
Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Anthony Washington seeks to appeal the district court’s
order dismissing the claims against Defendant Appel in Washington’s
ongoing 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action. 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 Washington 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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