UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1225
BEN HOWARD SMITH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
JOSEPH K. COFFY; BOB ATKINSON; LINDA G. WALTERS; PERCY B.
HARVIN; L. KEITH JOSEY, JR.; RONNIE STEWART, all in their
individual and official capacity,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District
Judge. (2:08-cv-00201-PMD-BM)
Submitted: July 30, 2009 Decided: August 3, 2009
Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ben Howard Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Shaun C. Kent, COFFEY,
CHANDLER & KENT, PA, Manning, South Carolina; Kelly M. Jolley,
MCNAIR LAW FIRM, PA, Hilton Head, South Carolina; Andrew
Lindemann, DAVIDSON & LINDEMANN, PA, Columbia, South Carolina,
for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Ben Howard Smith seeks to appeal the district court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
dismissing Defendant Percy B. Harvin. 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 Smith seeks to
appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory
or collateral order. Accordingly, we grant the Appellees’
motion to 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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