Faison v. Damron

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-7491 DOSSIE FAISON, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, versus SERGEANT DAMRON; J. ARMONTROUT; P. TRUE; R. A. YOUNG; H. BOLLING, Nurse; D. JONES, Mental Health Professional, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, Chief District Judge. (CA-00-739-7) Submitted: January 17, 2002 Decided: January 29, 2002 Before WILKINS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Dossie Faison, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. William W. Muse, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Coreen Antoinette Bromfield, RAWLS & MCNELIS, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Dossie Faison, Jr., appeals the district court’s order grant- ing the motion to dismiss of one of the Defendants to Faison’s civil action under 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 (West Supp. 2001). We dis- miss 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