United States v. Norman Young

892 F.2d 75, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 18336, 1989 WL 152519

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: December 5, 1989
• Docket: 89-7194
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

892 F.2d 75

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Norman YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 89-7194.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: Oct. 31, 1989.
Decided: Dec. 5, 1989.

Norman Young, appellant pro se.

John Douglas McCullough, Assistant United States Attorney, for appellee.

Before HARRISON L. WINTER, DONALD RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Norman Young appeals the district court's dismissal of his motion for default judgment. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 this Court has jurisdiction over appeals from final orders. A final order is one which disposes of all issues in dispute as to all parties. It "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment." Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945).

As the order appealed from is not a final order, it is not appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The district court has not directed entry of final judgment as to particular claims or parties under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b), nor is the order appealable under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292. Finally, the order is not appealable as a collateral order under Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

Finding no basis for appellate jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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.