Ray v. Laureano

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: March 4, 2005
• Docket: 04-1836
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-1836

MICHAEL ROBERT RAY,

Appellant,

versus

ILADEN LAUREANO; VANI LAURENO; ERNEST SOUTHERN, a/k/a Buzz Southern; DANNY HARDEE; TEAM SIX, INCORPORATED; W. RYAN HOVIS; JOHN P. BACOT, JR.; WILLIAM H. SHORT, JR.; CROSSMAN COMMUNITIES,

Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Terry L. Wooten, District Judge. (CA-04-438-4-25-BH; CA-04-439-4-25-BH; BK-03-80512-JW)

Submitted: February 24, 2005 Decided: March 4, 2005

Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael Robert Ray, Appellant Pro Se. O. Terry Beverly, Conway, South Carolina; John Paisley Bacot, Jr., JOHN P. BACOT, JR., P.A., Surfside Beach, South Carolina; William Ryan Hovis, Rock Hill, South Carolina; Tara Elizabeth Nauful, HAYNSWORTH, SINKLER & BOYD, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Michael Robert Ray seeks to appeal the district court’s

order affirming the magistrate judge’s order of March 5, 2004.

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 Ray

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 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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