UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-1298
HENRY FLOYD GILCHRIST,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Spartanburg. Margaret B. Seymour, District
Judge. (CA-01-2522-7-24-AK)
Submitted: May 16, 2002 Decided: May 22, 2002
Before NIEMEYER, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Henry Floyd Gilchrist, Appellant Pro Se. Robert F. Daley, Jr.,
Assistant United States Attorney, Terry Hearn Bailey, OFFICE OF THE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Henry Floyd Gilchrist appeals the district court’s order
affirming the magistrate judge’s order denying his motions for a
protective order and for appointment of counsel. 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
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