Wilder v. Baltimore County Police Department ( 2009 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 09-1308
    LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, SR.,
    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    v.
    CHARLES JOHNSON, Acting Secretary U.S. Department of Health
    and    Human   Services;   CHRISTOPHER    SCOLESE,   Acting
    Administrator NASA; JOHN GAGE, National President American
    Federation of Government Employees; THOMAS BECK, Chairman
    Federal Labor Relations Authority; STUART ISHIMARU, Acting
    Chairman Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; NEIL
    ANTHONY GORDON MCPHIE, Chairman United States Merit Systems
    Protection Board; THE UNITED STATES OFFICE OF PERSONNEL
    MANAGEMENT,
    Defendants - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Baltimore.    Richard D. Bennett, District Judge.
    (1:09-cv-00318)
    Submitted:    July 30, 2009                 Decided:   August 4, 2009
    Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Lawrence    Verline      Wilder,       Sr.,     filed     a        mandamus
    petition in the district court, requesting counsel and seeking
    to compel the defendants to notify him about any administrative
    or judicial decisions that involve him or from which he would
    benefit.       The district court entered an order granting Wilder
    leave    to    proceed    in   forma    pauperis      and    placing    his       case   on
    inactive status pending resolution of cases Wilder has on the
    court’s active docket.           Wilder seeks to appeal, challenging the
    denial    of    appointment     of     counsel.       This    court     may   exercise
    jurisdiction only over final orders, 
    28 U.S.C. § 1291
     (2006),
    and   certain       interlocutory      and       collateral    orders,       
    28 U.S.C. § 1292
     (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.
    Loan Corp., 
    337 U.S. 541
     (1949).                 Because the order Wilder seeks
    to appeal is not immediately appealable, 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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Document Info

Docket Number: 09-1308

Judges: Motz, King, Duncan

Filed Date: 8/4/2009

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024