Crawford v. Abrams ( 2008 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-7406
LAWRENCE CRAWFORD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MR. JOSEPH ABRAMS, III; MRS. JOSEPH ABRAMS, III; CYLENIA LEE;
SYLVIA LEE; MR. BRUNSON, Sylvia’s husband; MR. HERBERT LEE;
MRS. HERBERT LEE; APRIL MONROE; MICHAEL LEE; WILLIAM
TETTERSON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Bristow Marchant, Magistrate Judge.
(0:06-cv-01990)
Submitted: June 27, 2008 Decided: July 7, 2008
Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lawrence Crawford, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Lawrence Crawford seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s
order denying his motion to add new defendants to his 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 (2000) civil rights 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, 545-47 (1949). The order Crawford seeks to
appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or
collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. Further, we deny Crawford’s motion for clarification
regarding what issues are before this court. 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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