Al-Shabazz v. Moore

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 96-6494 MALIK ABDUL AL-SHABAZZ, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus MICHAEL MOORE; ROBERT E. WARD, Warden; W. L. EAGLETON; DOUGLAS FUNDERBUCK; SAMUEL LATTA; JAMES F. GRIFFIN; JAMES ROBINSON; DUKE HOLDEN; MRS. JOHNSON; GEORGE N. MARTIN; MR. FAULKENBERRY, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Robert S. Carr, Magistrate Judge. (CA-95-3435-2-19AJ) Submitted: September 20, 1996 Decided: October 1, 1996 Before NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Malik Abdul Al-Shabazz, Appellant Pro Se. L. Hunter Limbaugh, WILLCOX, MCLEOD, BUYCK, BAKER & WILLIAMS, P.A., Florence, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Appellant appeals from the magistrate judge's order denying Appellant leave to amend his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1994) complaint. 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 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 2