Wilder v. University of Maryland

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: June 5, 2009
• Docket: 09-1178
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-1178

LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, SR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY; FREEMAN HRABOWSKI, President, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District Judge. (1:09-cv-00273-WDQ)

Submitted: May 28, 2009 Decided: June 5, 2009

Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., filed a civil action

against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and

Freeman Hrabowski. The district court entered an order denying

without prejudice Wilder’s motion for appointment of counsel and

placing his case on inactive status pending resolution of cases

Wilder has on the court’s active docket. 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). Because the order

Wilder seeks to raise on appeal is not immediately appealable,

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