United States v. Sasscer

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-1067 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus JOHN L. SASSCER, Defendant -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 27, 2001 Decided: May 3, 2001 Before LUTTIG and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Cir- cuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. John L. Sasscer, Appellant Pro Se. John A. Nolet, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Lynne Ann Battaglia, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, 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 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 grant- ing summary judgment to the United States with respect to his 1978- 1981 and 1983-1989 federal income tax liability. Because the gov- ernment’s action with respect to Sasscer’s 1976 and 1977 tax liability is still pending in the district court, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. This court may exercise jurisdic- tion 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 deny Sasscer’s motion for summary judgment and dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the ma- terials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2