Watts v. Conner ( 1996 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-6016
JAMES EDMOND WATTS,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
PATRICIA E. CONNER, Correctional Officer,
Augusta Correctional Center; L. SAUNDERS,
Warden; JACK LEE; S. JAMES TAYLOR; MAJOR DAY;
D. BOYERS, Captain; INVESTIGATOR REYNOLDS;
LAWRENCE W. DURY, III; L. H. HUFFMAN; SERGEANT
STARKEY,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, District Judge;
Glen E. Conrad, Magistrate Judge. (CA-94-586-R)
Submitted: March 21, 1996 Decided: April 16, 1996
Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Edmond Watts, Appellant Pro Se. Pamela Anne Sargent, Assis-
tant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, 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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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's motions to compel discovery. 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
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