Muhammad X v. Taylor

98 F.3d 1335, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 40084, 1996 WL 578669

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: October 9, 1996
• Docket: 96-6879
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

98 F.3d 1335

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Rahim E.H. MUHAMMAD X, a/k/a Rahim X, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
F. TAYLOR; Lieutenant Boyers; Sergeant Smiley; Sergeant
Connors; Sergeant Santiago; Doctor Lightner;
Doctor Wong; D. Swisher; R.W. Byrd;
C. Ailstock; L. Saunders,
Defendants-Appellees.

No. 96-6879.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted Sept. 24, 1996.
Decided Oct. 9, 1996.

Rahim E.H. Muhammad X, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Ralph Davis, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; Mark Dudley Obenshain, WHARTON, ALDHIZER & WEAVER, Harrisonburg, Virginia, for Appellees.

W.D.Va.

DISMISSED.

Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Rahim E.H. Muhammad X appeals from the district court's order continuing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) action for ninety days and ordering him to exhaust inmate grievance procedures. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994), and certain 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.