UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-1177
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
JOHN L. SASSCER,
Defendant - Appellant,
and
MABEL G. SASSCER,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Joseph H. Young, Senior District Judge.
(CA-97-3026-Y)
Submitted: April 13, 2000 Decided: June 13, 2000
Before WIDENER and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John L. Sasscer, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth W. Rosenberg, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
John L. Sasscer appeals from the district court's order de-
nying his motion to dismiss. We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. The 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 order here appealed is
neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral
order.
We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. In light of this
disposition, we deny Sasscer's motion to dismiss and/or strike the
government's brief. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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