Pulley v. Beck

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: September 3, 2009
• Docket: 09-6857
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6857

LARRY MCLEOD PULLEY,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

THEODIS BECK,

Respondent - Appellee.

No. 09-6858

No. 09-6859

Respondent - Appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. James A. Beaty, Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:09-cv-00236-JAB-DPD; 1:09-cv-00234- JAB-DPD; 1:09-cv-00215-JAB-DPD)

Submitted: August 26, 2009 Decided: September 3, 2009

Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and GREGORY and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Larry McLeod Pulley, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

2 PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated appeals, Larry McLeod Pulley

seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s orders regarding his in

forma pauperis status in three 28 U.S.C § 2254 (2006) cases.

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28

U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral

orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v.

Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The orders

Pulley seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor appealable

interlocutory or collateral orders. Accordingly, we dismiss the

appeals 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