UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6044
RONALD JERRY SAWYER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director, VDOC; W. E.
MARTIN; COLIN ANGLICKER; K. L. OSBORNE,
Warden; NURSE HALL,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
OFFICER THOMAS; LIEUTENANT JOHNSON; G. D.
JOHNSON,
Defendants.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, Chief District
Judge. (CA-95-657-R)
Submitted: May 16, 1996 Decided: May 28, 1996
Before RUSSELL, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ronald Jerry Sawyer, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Ralph Davis, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia; Richard
Edward Ladd, Jr., PENN, STUART, ESKRIDGE & JONES, Abingdon,
Virginia, for Appellees.
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Appellant noted an appeal prior to the district court's action
on his motions for default judgment and sanctions. We dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction because there is no appealable
order. 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). Appellant does
not appeal a final order or an appealable interlocutory or collat-
eral order.
We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We further deny Appel-
lant's motion to remand the case and for sanctions against Appel-
lees. 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
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