UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1309
LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, SR.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT; CHIEF JIM JOHNSON;
OFFICER ROBERT LONG; OFFICER DOYLE; OFFICER BUTTONS; OFFICER
JACKSON; OFFICER DUNNING; OFFICER COVINGTON; OFFICER
THOMPSON; OFFICER MAYBIN; OFFICER SEWELL; OFFICER POWERS;
OFFICER SMITH; OFFICER FAIM; OFFICER BRUCE; UNKNOWN OFFICERS
AND AGENTS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Andre M. Davis, District Judge. (1:09-
cv-00299))
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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 complaint
against the Baltimore County Police Department and several
officers, alleging violations of his civil rights. The district
court entered an order granting Wilder leave to proceed in forma
pauperis, denying without prejudice his motion for appointment
of counsel, 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 his motion for
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 denial of a motion for
appointment of counsel is not immediately appealable, Miller v.
Simmons, 814 F.2d 962, 967 (4th Cir. 1987), 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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