Hill v. Executive Office for United States Attorneys , 699 F. App'x 188 ( 2017 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-1866
BRIAN DAVID HILL,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, EOUSA;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, U.S. DOJ,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at
Danville. Jackson L. Kiser, Senior District Judge. (4:17-cv-00027-JLK-RSB)
Submitted: October 17, 2017 Decided: October 19, 2017
Before FLOYD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Brian David Hill, Appellant Pro Se. Cheryl Thornton Sloan, Assistant United States
Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Brian David Hill seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order denying his
discovery-related motions and granting Defendants’ motion to quash discovery in his
pending Freedom of Information Act action. This court may exercise jurisdiction only
over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders,
28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Hill 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 this court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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