Looker v. Godwin

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 00-6924 FLOYD RAYMOND LOOKER, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, versus DAVID E. GODWIN, Esq.; J. C. RAFFETY, SRSA; OTHER UNKNOWN FEDERAL OFFICIALS, Defendants - Appellees, and OKEI MARSHALL RICHARDS, JR.; WILLIAM CIPRIANI, Esq., Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dis- trict of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Chief District Judge. (CA-99-111-5) Submitted: February 8, 2001 Decided: February 13, 2001 Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Floyd Raymond Looker, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Helen Campbell Altmeyer, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Floyd Raymond Looker, Jr., appeals the district court’s order dismissing Defendants Godwin, Raffety, and “other unknown federal officials” and denying Looker’s motion for change of venue. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction 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 2