Robinson v. Howard Co Pol Dept

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 95-7101 TOMMY R. ROBINSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus HOWARD COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT; POLICE CHIEF; THOMAS M. MARTIN, Detective; RICHARD WITTE, Detective; KELLY SMITH, Officer; RICHARD RUTLEDGE, Officer; M. T. HARDING, Officer; MICHAEL MARTIN, Officer; VICTORIA PLANK, Offi- cer; WILLIAM SEIFERT, Officer; NATHAN RETTIG, Officer; MICHAEL PRICE, Officer; UNIDENTIFIED MD STATE TROOPER; V. WILLIAM, Officer, Defendants - Appellees, and NORMAN SNYDER, Detective; K-9, Dino; SUSAN REIDER, Officer; KEITH FISHER, Officer, Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. John R. Hargrove, Senior District Judge. (CA-94-393-HAR) Submitted: January 11, 1996 Decided: January 23, 1996 Before RUSSELL, HALL, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 2 Tommy R. Robinson, Appellant Pro Se. Barbara McFaul Cook, County Solicitor, Rebecca Ann Laws, COUNTY SOLICITOR'S OFFICE, Ellicott City, Maryland, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals the district court's denial of his motion for court-appointed counsel. 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- trial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. We 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 3