UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-6656
CORNELIUS R. WOODS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
STEVEN HILL; RALPH WYLIE; DOYLE COX; CURTIS E.
SMITH; SHERMAN SMITH; GARY PEGRAM; SHAUNDRA
PATTERSON; BEVERLY MCCLAIN; DONALD PETRISKO;
WILLIAM MYLES; LUTHER HILL; ROBERT HILL;
DENNIS HAWKINS; KEVIN KIDDY; TODD HILL; DOES
1-20, inclusively; JOSEPH BROOKS,
Defendants - Appellees,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Movant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, District
Judge; M. Hannah Lauck, Magistrate Judge. (CA-04-124-REP)
Submitted: September 29, 2005 Decided: October 6, 2005
Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Cornelius R. Woods, Appellant Pro Se. Debra Jean Prillaman,
Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Cornelius R. Woods seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s
order denying without prejudice Woods’ motion for appointment of
counsel in this Bivens* action. 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 Woods 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
*
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of
Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).
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