UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1368
LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, SR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
CHARLES JOHNSON, Acting Secretary, United States Department
of Health and Human Services; KATHY WHIPPLE, Acting
Director, United States Office of Personnel Management;
ADMINISTRATOR CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID STUDIES;
SECRETARY OF UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; CHRISTOPHER
SCOLESE, Acting Administrator, NASA,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District
Judge. (1:09-cv-00351)
Submitted: July 30, 2009 Decided: August 4, 2009
Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., filed a mandamus
petition in the district court, requesting appointment of
counsel and seeking to compel the defendants to assist him in
applying for disability and worker’s compensation benefits. The
district court entered an order granting Wilder leave to proceed
in forma pauperis and placing his case on inactive status
pending resolution of cases Wilder has on the court’s active
docket. Wilder seeks to appeal, challenging the denial of
appointment of counsel. 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). Because the order Wilder seeks to appeal
is not immediately appealable, 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
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