UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7672
W. ROBERT WARDELL, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
ANDREW MANSUKHANI, Warden, FCI Estill,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Rock Hill. David C. Norton, District Judge;
Paige Jones Gossett, Magistrate Judge. (0:16-cv-01135-DCN-PJG)
Submitted: February 23, 2017 Decided: February 28, 2017
Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
W. Robert Wardell, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
W. Robert Wardell, Jr., seeks to appeal two pretrial orders
issued by the magistrate judge and the district court’s order
affirming the magistrate judge’s rulings in Wardell’s 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241 (2012) action. On appeal, Wardell challenges the orders
he seeks to appeal only insofar as they deny his request to
consolidate his action with that of another litigant. 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 orders Wardell seeks to appeal are neither final
orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders.
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
2