Opinion

Jennings v. Brown

  • 902 F.2d 28
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 6023
  • 1990 WL 52480
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Filed
Apr 18, 1990
Status
Unpublished
Cited by
0 cases
Authority
More cited than 17.7%

The opinion

902 F.2d 28

Unpublished Disposition

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George R. JENNINGS, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

L. BROWN; M. Rostafinski; M. Altizer; E.D. Carey, Dr.;

D. Dunn; R. Mangialetti; B. Soles; J. Kelling; S.

Newman; W. Harding; T. Burwin; R. Saunders; R. Brown;

C. Manrique; M. Wood; S. Bratten; D. Ackerman; W.

Rogers; E. Foley, III; James E. Johnson; P. Stasekewich;

J. Perutelli; R. Lipsner, Defendants-Appellees.

No. 90-6278.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted April 2, 1990.

Decided April 18, 1990.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Jackson L. Kiser, District Judge. (C/A No. 89-11-R)

George R. Jennings, appellant pro se.

Edward Meade Macon, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, Va.; Richard Francis Gorman, III, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Va., for appellees.

W.D.Va.

DISMISSED.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

George R. Jennings appeals the district court's denial of his motion to appoint counsel and his motion for a more definite statement. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

2

Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 this Court has jurisdiction over appeals from final orders. A final order is one which disposes of all issues in dispute as to all parties. It "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment." Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945).

3

As the order appealed from is not a final order, it is not appealable under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . The district court has not directed entry of final judgment as to particular claims or parties under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b), nor is the order appealable under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292 . Finally, the order is not appealable as a collateral order under Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

4

Finding no basis for appellate jurisdiction, 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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