UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-7148
QUENTIN MCLEAN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia
Department of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Norfolk. F. B. Stillman, Magistrate Judge.
(CA-00-954-2)
Submitted: October 31, 2001 Decided: December 21, 2001
Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Quentin McLean, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Bain Smith, Assistant
Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Quentin McLean appeals the report and recommendation of the
magistrate judge on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254
(West 1994 & Supp. 2001). We dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. 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
report and recommendation from which McLean appeals does not con-
stitute an order over which this court may exercise jurisdiction.
We therefore deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal. McLean’s motions for appointment of counsel, to remand the
case, to stay the case, and for general relief are denied. We dis-
pense 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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