UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-1502
LORIA ANN PATTERSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB, a/k/a American
Kennel Club, Incorporated,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 02-1503
LORIA ANN PATTERSON,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB, a/k/a American
Kennel Club, Incorporated,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior
District Judge; William A. Webb, Magistrate Judge. (CA-01-20-5-BR)
Submitted: June 27, 2002 Decided: August 5, 2002
Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Loria Ann Patterson, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Matthew Keen, Sheri
Lea Roberson, OGLETREE, DEAKINS, NASH, SMOAK & STEWART, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Loria Ann Patterson appeals the magistrate judge’s order
approving a discovery plan relating to her claims under the Equal
Pay Act (No. 02-1502). She also appeals the district court’s order
setting a trial date (No. 02-1503). We dismiss the appeal for lack
of jurisdiction because the orders are 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 orders here appealed are
neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral
orders.
We dismiss the appeals 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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