Crawford v. Brooks

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: May 6, 2004
• Docket: 04-6312
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-6312

CURTIS E. CRAWFORD,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

JOSEPH M. BROOKS,

Respondent - Appellee,

and

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Party in Interest.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Tommy E. Miller, Magistrate Judge. (CA-04-61-2)

Submitted: April 29, 2004 Decided: May 6, 2004

Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Curtis E. Crawford, Appellant Pro Se. George Maralan Kelley, III, Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Curtis E. Crawford seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s

order denying various motions in Crawford’s pending action filed

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2000). 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 order Crawford 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 deny Crawford’s motion for appointment of counsel

and 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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