United States v. Fletcher ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-4012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
WAYNE ALLEN FLETCHER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
Judge. (CR-02-8)
Submitted: May 7, 2003 Decided: May 21, 2003
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Richard W. Westling, New Orleans, Louisiana; Keith Alan Williams,
Greenville, North Carolina, for Appellant. Frank D. Whitney, United
States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney,
Christine Witcover Dean, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Wayne Allen Fletcher seeks to appeal the district court’s
orders denying his motion for a continuance and denying the motion
for reconsideration. 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 orders Fletcher seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor
appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. See, e.g., Flanagan
v. United States, 465 U.S. 259, 263 (1984); United States v.
MacDonald, 435 U.S. 850, 857-58 n.6 (1978). 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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