Thomas v. Olshausen

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1397

RANDY L. THOMAS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

YNEZ OLSHAUSEN; MARY ELLEN MCDONALD; PETER GORMAN; CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT; CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG; STATE OF NC,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:07-cv-00130)

Submitted: July 24, 2007 Decided: July 27, 2007

Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Randy L. Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Weston Johnson, HELMS, MULLISS & WICKER, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina; Richard Harcourt Fulton, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina; Thomas J. Ziko, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Randy L. Thomas seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s

order transferring this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action to a

particular district court judge. 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 Thomas 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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