Watson v. Moore

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-6181
ROBERT WATSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
MICHAEL MOORE; GERALDINE MIRO; MR. NICHOLS;
MS. ROSS; MS. JOHNSON; JOHN SHU; D. L. SMITH;
MR. COHEN; FRED BROWN; SERGEANT JOHNSON;
CAPTAIN ALBRITTON,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge. (CA-
96-3371-4-19BE)
Submitted: May 1, 1997 Decided: May 8, 1997
Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert Watson, Appellant Pro Se. Sandra J. Senn, STUCKEY & SENN,
Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals the district court's order, which dismissed
all Defendants except one and ordered service of complaint on the
remaining Defendant. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction
because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise juris-
diction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994), and cer-
tain interlocutory 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.
We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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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