Ronsdorf v. Chase Manhattan Bk ( 1997 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-1226
ALFRED RONSDORF,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-95-
2729-L)
Submitted: July 24, 1997 Decided: August 6, 1997
Before HAMILTON, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Alfred Ronsdorf, Appellant Pro Se. David Bart Goldstein, DANEKER,
MCINTIRE, DAVIS, SCHUMM, PRINCE & GOLDSTEIN, P.C., Baltimore, Mary-
land, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals the district court's order expressing its
intention to retain possession of contested funds pending the dis-
covery of a more appropriate repository and requesting a status
report. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the
order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only
over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994), and certain interlocu-
tory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1994); Fed. R. Civ.
P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541(1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an
appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
As a result, we grant the Appellee's motion and dismiss the
appeal as interlocutory. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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