Vazquez v. MD State Police Dept

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-1245 JORGE EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus MARYLAND STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT; MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION, Defendants - Appellees. No. 95-1356 JORGE EDUARDO VAZQUEZ, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus MARYLAND STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT; MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION, Defendants - Appellees. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. M. J. Garbis, District Judge. (CA-93-479- MJG) Submitted: November 15, 1995 Decided: January 11, 1996 2 Before WILKINSON and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge. No. 95-1245 dismissed and No. 95-1356 affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Jorge Eduardo Vazquez, Appellant Pro Se. Betty Stemley Sconion, Assistant Attorney General, Pikesville, Maryland; Donald Arnold Krach, MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION, Baltimore, Maryland; John Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). 3 PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from two separate district court orders granting summary judgment to the Defendants in a Title VII discrim- ination case. The first order appealed, No. 95-1245, was the dis- trict court's order granting summary judgment to the Maryland Port Authority; the claims against the Maryland State Police were still pending when Appellant appealed this order. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders,1 and cer- tain interlocutory and collateral orders.2 The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collat- eral order. 3 The next order appealed, No. 95-1356, was the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Maryland State Police. Because this notice of appeal was filed after the district court's final order, it is sufficient to confer appellate jurisdiction over the Appellant's claims against both Appellees. We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district court. Vazquez v. Maryland State Police Dep't, No. CA-93-479-MJG (D. Md. Jan. 10 & Feb. 3, 1995). We dispense with oral argument 1 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988). 2 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1988); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. , 337 U.S. 541 (1949). 3 Robinson v. Parke-Davis and Co., 685 F.2d 912, 913 (4th Cir. 1982). 4 because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. No. 95-1245 - DISMISSED No. 95-1356 - AFFIRMED 5