UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1313
LAWRENCE WILDER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
HOWARD COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT; WILLIAM MCMAHON, Chief;
JOHN SUPERMAN, Officer; UNKNOWN OFFICERS AND AGENTS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. J. Frederick Motz, District Judge.
(1:09-cv-00298)
Submitted: August 20, 2009 Decided: August 24, 2009
Before WILKINSON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON,
Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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 Wilder filed a complaint against the Howard
County Police Department and named and unnamed 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 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 claim Wilder seeks to raise on appeal is
not immediately appealable, we dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. We deny Wilder’s motion for appointment of
counsel. 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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