UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1197
BARBARA M. BUSH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; MARY-
LAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Marvin J. Garbis, District Judge. (CA-00-
64-MJG)
Submitted: April 13, 2000 Decided: April 20, 2000
Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Barbara M. Bush, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Barbara M. Bush appeals the district court orders essentially
denying her request for appointment of counsel and her motion for
reconsideration of the same. We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction because the orders are not appealable. This court may
exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291
(1994), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C.
§ 1292 (1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.
Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The orders here appealed are
neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral
orders.
We deny Bush’s motion for appointment of counsel filed in this
court and her motion for reconsideration of our prior deferral on
this motion, and dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are ade-
quately presented in the materials before the court and argument
would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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