UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6056
JOHNATHAN LEE X SMITH,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
F. TAYLOR STUART; C. AILSTOCK; PERRY; A. V.
STONE; G. S. THOMPSON; VIRGINIA PAROLE BOARD;
GEORGE F. ALLEN, Governor; VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTIONS; JERRY W. KILGORE; BRUCE
MORRIS; RICHARD W. CROSSEN, JR.; JOHN WILLIAM
WADE, JR.; SANDRA L. COMBS; WINNIE R. DIXON;
JOSEPH F. LEWIS; LINDA R. PITMAN; LOU ANN
WHITE; DONALD R. GUILLORY; LAYTON LESTER;
SUSAN CARSON; D. WILMOUTH; DIANE SPENCER;
J. P. JONES; MARCI ORNELAS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, District Judge.
(CA-95-1291-R)
Submitted: May 16, 1996 Decided: June 3, 1996
Before RUSSELL, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Johnathan Lee X Smith, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Appellant appeals from the district court's order dismissing
some of the claims in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) complaint and
transferring the remainder of the case to the United States Dis-
trict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. We dismiss the
appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appeal-
able. 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. See Ellicott Mach. Corp. v. Modern Welding
Co., 502 F.2d 178, 180 (4th Cir. 1974).
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
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