United States v. Brandon Jennings

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: March 24, 2023
• Docket: 22-7360
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 22-7360

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

BRANDON MARQUIS JENNINGS, a/k/a Smilez, a/k/a Smilez Finesse, a/k/a Beezy, Mustafa Bey,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:18-cr-00318-FL-1; 5:22-cv-00305-FL)

Submitted: March 21, 2023 Decided: March 24, 2023

Before WYNN and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed in part and affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brandon Marquis Jennings, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Brandon Marquis Jennings seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his

motion to appoint counsel and denying his motion for bail in connection with his 28 U.S.C.

§ 2255 motion. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291, and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P.

54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order on

appeal is not a final order, and the portion of the order denying the motion to appoint

counsel is not an appealable interlocutory decision. Accordingly, we dismiss this portion

of the appeal.

The district court’s denial of bail falls within the collateral order doctrine and is

immediately appealable. See Pagan v. United States, 353 F.3d 1343, 1345-46 (11th Cir.

2003) (collecting cases adopting rule). We have reviewed the record on appeal and find

no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm this portion of the district’s order. United

States v. Jennings, No. 5:18-cr-00318-FL-1 (E.D.N.C. Nov. 4, 2022). We dispense with

oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED IN PART, AFFIRMED IN PART