McClelland v. Johnson

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: May 20, 2005
• Docket: 04-7787
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-7787

STEPHEN E. MCCLELLAND,

Party in Interest - Appellant,

and

ALLEN MCRAE; CHARLES STEVENSON; PATRICK LAHENS; DENNIS BLYDEN; DAVID EVICK, JR.; RASHID QAWI AL-AMIN,

Plaintiffs,

versus

GENE M. JOHNSON,

Defendant - Appellee.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Movant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate Judge. (CA-03-164)

Submitted: May 4, 2005 Decided: May 20, 2005

Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Stephen E. McClelland, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Ralph Davis, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

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Stephen E. McClelland seeks to appeal the magistrate

judge’s order denying his motion for a temporary restraining order.

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

McClelland seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Office of Pers.

Mgmt. v. Am. Fed’n of Gov’t Employees, 473 U.S. 1301, 1303-04

(1985); Drudge v. McKernon, 482 F.2d 1375, 1376 (4th Cir. 1973).

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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