UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1428
DEREK JARVIS; SHIRLEY J. PITTMAN,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
GRADY MANAGEMENT, INCORPORATED; DUFFIE, INCORPORATED; APRIL
LANE JOINT VENTURES; MONTGOMERY COUNTY GOVERNMENT/MONTGOMERY
COUNTY EXECUTIVE; MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS OFFICE; MONTGOMERY COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, Senior District
Judge. (8:09-cv-00280-PJM)
Submitted: June 18, 2009 Decided: June 23, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Derek Jarvis, Shirley J. Pittman, Appellants Pro Se. John
Benjamin Raftery, DECKELBAUM, OGENS & RAFTERY, CHARTERED,
Bethesda, Maryland; Edward Barry Lattner, COUNTY ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Appellants Derek Jarvis and Shirley J. Pittman seek to
appeal the district court’s order entered on April 8, 2009. The
order granted various Defendants’ motions to stay discovery and
motions for a more definite statement, and denied Plaintiffs’
motion to order Defendants to file all documents and to refile
and rescan documents. This court may exercise jurisdiction
only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain
interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006);
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order Appellants seek to appeal is
neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or
collateral order. Accordingly, we grant Appellants’ motion to
proceed in forma pauperis and 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
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