Smith v. Coffy

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: August 3, 2009
• Docket: 09-1225
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-1225

BEN HOWARD SMITH,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JOSEPH K. COFFY; BOB ATKINSON; LINDA G. WALTERS; PERCY B. HARVIN; L. KEITH JOSEY, JR.; RONNIE STEWART, all in their individual and official capacity,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (2:08-cv-00201-PMD-BM)

Submitted: July 30, 2009 Decided: August 3, 2009

Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ben Howard Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Shaun C. Kent, COFFEY, CHANDLER & KENT, PA, Manning, South Carolina; Kelly M. Jolley, MCNAIR LAW FIRM, PA, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Andrew Lindemann, DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Ben Howard Smith seeks to appeal the district court’s

order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and

dismissing Defendant Percy B. Harvin. 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 order Smith seeks to

appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory

or collateral order. Accordingly, we grant the Appellees’

motion to 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