UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6575
DARNELL M. CLEATON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
HAROLD CLARKE, Director; B.W. BOOKER, Warden of Green Rock,
Respondents – Appellees,
and
UNKNOWN,
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at ALexandria. Liam O’Grady, District
Judge. (1:15-cv-00443-LO-IDD)
Submitted: July 28, 2016 Decided: August 2, 2016
Before MOTZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Darnell M. Cleaton, Appellant Pro Se. Virginia Bidwell Theisen,
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Darnell M. Cleaton seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying six motions in his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012)
action. 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 Cleaton seeks to appeal is neither a final
order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis 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
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