Tyler v. Rackley

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 00-6607 LINDA ANN TYLER, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus GLORIA JEAN RACKLEY; E. RICHARD BAZZLE, Warden of Leath Correctional Institution; CHARLES KEARNEY, JR., Captain; DIANE HAMRICK, Lieuten- ant; MELISSA WHITT; BERNICE WIGGLETON, Major; BARBARA L. PARTILEDGE, Officer; R. IRBY, Men- tal Health Counselor; DIANE LITWER, Grievance Coordinator; RANCE COBB, Principal; BETTY FLEMING, Sergeant; V. C. HILL, Lieutenant; BARBARA SHUMATE, of Operations at Leath Cor- rectional Institution; T. J. PHILSON, Captain; SHERRI CHANDLER, Administrative Assistant, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence. Cameron McGowan Currie, District Judge. (CA-99-2845-4-22BF) Submitted: September 21, 2000 Decided: September 28, 2000 Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Linda Ann Tyler, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Michael Pruitt, BURNS, MCDONALD, BRADFORD, PATRICK & TINSLEY, Greenwood, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Linda Ann Tyler appeals from the denial of her motion for appointment of counsel. We grant Appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, because the order is not appeal- able. 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. Thus, we 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 2