Milford Washington v. Michael Reed

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-7760 MILFORD WASHINGTON, a/k/a Tessuma Nuballa, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MICHAEL R. REED; PATRICK GURNEY; LOUIS CEI; DANIEL MAHON; DAVID ROBINSON; MS. TAYLOR; MS. BEST, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, Chief District Judge. (2:13-cv-00644-RBS-TEM) Submitted: September 9, 2015 Decided: September 11, 2015 Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Milford Washington, Appellant Pro Se. Kate Elizabeth Dwyre, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Milford Washington seeks to appeal the district court’s order ruling on several discovery and miscellaneous motions, and has filed a motion to remand. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545–46 (1949). The order Washington seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny the motion to remand and 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2