United States v. Meggison ( 2006 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-6384
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
LAWRENCE ELIE MEGGISON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge.
(1:02-cr-00332-CCB; 1:06-cv-00275-CCB)
Submitted: July 17, 2006 Decided: August 4, 2006
Before WILLIAMS, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lawrence Elie Meggison, Appellant Pro Se. Angela R. White,
Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Lawrence Elie Meggison seeks to appeal the district
court’s order directing Meggison to inform the court whether he
wished the court to construe a pleading as a 28 U.S.C. § 2255(2000) motion and, if so, to complete and submit the proper form.
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
Meggison 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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