91 F.3d 132
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Kevin Alexander MOSS, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Lloyd L. WATERS, Warden; Attorney General of the State of
Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 96-6602.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 20, 1996.
Decided July 12, 1996.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA-95-2884-S)
Kevin Alexander Moss, Appellant Pro Se. Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
D.Md.
DISMISSED.
Before HALL, WILKINS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals the district court's order dismissing most of the claims in his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1988) petition. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1988); Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
We deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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.