Smith v. Ray

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-6135 LEE ROY SMITH, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus MICKEY E. RAY, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield; J. D. CASTILLO, Health Services Administrator, Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield; JOSE A. SERANNO, M.D. and Clinical Director of Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield; JUAN F. CARMONA, JR., Lieutenant, Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield; LISA MORGAN-JOHNSON, Counselor, Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield; JACK FOX, Unit Manager, Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield; DOUGLAS HOLFORD, Contracted Orthopedic Specialist, Federal Correctional Institution-Edgefield, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. David C. Norton, District Judge. (CA-02-2627-8-18AJ) Submitted: June 24, 2004 Decided: June 30, 2004 Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Lee Roy Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara Murcier Bowens, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina; David Austin Brown, Aiken, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). - 2 - PER CURIAM: Lee Roy Smith seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his claims against all defendants except one. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order Smith seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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 - 3 -