Certiorari dismissed, March 22, 2010
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-6921
CHRISTOPHER A. ODOM,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
VERONICA SMALLS, Officer Judge; PATRICIA BALDWIN, Officer
Judge; ROGER OWEN, Officer,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph R. McCrorey, Magistrate
Judge. (3:09-cv-00629-PMD)
Submitted: October 20, 2009 Decided: October 26, 2009
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge, and
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Christopher A. Odom, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Christopher A. Odom seeks to appeal the magistrate
judge’s report and recommendation in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000)
suit. * 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 Odom seeks to appeal is neither a final order
nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Accordingly, 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
*
Odom’s notice of appeal could also have been construed as
objections to the magistrate judge’s report. As we lack
jurisdiction over this appeal, we express no opinion on the
proper construction of Odom’s filing.
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