UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 00-6835
CARLTON RICHARDSON, JR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
GARRY TILLMAN; LUIS CARTER; DARLEAN DAVIS; MS.
DAVIS; ANGELA RICHARDSON; OFFICER WIGGINS;
SERGEANT HAWKINS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, District Judge.
(CA-99-747-5-F)
Submitted: August 24, 2000 Decided: August 31, 2000
Before MICHAEL and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Carlton Richardson, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Carlton Richardson, Jr., appeals from the district court’s
order dismissing some claims and some Defendants from his 42
U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 2000) complaint, and directing further
proceedings as to Richardson’s claim that Defendants Hawkins and
Wiggins assaulted him. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdic-
tion because the order is 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 order here appealed is neither a
final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
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
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