Bell Atlantic DC v. Zaidi

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-2064
BELL ATLANTIC-WASHINGTON, DC, INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
SYED H. (NAYYAR) ZAIDI,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, District
Judge. (CA-97-467-A)
Submitted: November 26, 1997 Decided: December 15, 1997
Before HALL, MURNAGHAN, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Syed H. Zaidi, Appellant Pro Se. Betty S. W. Graumlich, MCSWEENEY,
BURTCH & CRUMP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals from two district court orders denying vari-
ous motions. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because
the orders are not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction
only over final orders, see 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994), and certain
interlocutory and collateral orders. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1994);
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337
U.S. 541 (1949). The orders appealed here are neither final orders
nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders.
We therefore dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-
quately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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