UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-2221
ELLEN PAULETTE M. FIELDS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
DALKON SHIELD CLAIMANTS TRUST; A. H. ROBINS
COMPANY, INCORPORATED; AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS
CORPORATION; GULF UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE
COMPANY; ORRAN LEE BROWN,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. James R. Spencer, District
Judge. (CA-89-1307-R, BK-01-1001-R)
Submitted: June 27, 2002 Decided: July 10, 2002
Before WIDENER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Ellen Paulette M. Fields, Appellant Pro Se. Orran Lee Brown, Sr.,
Lynn Crowder Greer, BOWMAN & BROOKE, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia,
for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Ellen Paulette Mitchell Fields appeals the district court’s
orders (1) continuing an earlier order that she show cause why she
should not be found in contempt of court; and (2) denying her
motion to stay and to vacate. To the extent that Fields seeks to
appeal the order continuing the show cause order, 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 affirm the district court’s
order denying as moot Fields’ motion to stay or to vacate.
We accordingly affirm in part and dismiss in part. 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.
AFFIRMED IN PART AND
DISMISSED IN PART
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