McClelland v. Johnson ( 2005 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-7787
STEPHEN E. MCCLELLAND,
Party in Interest - Appellant,
and
ALLEN MCRAE; CHARLES STEVENSON; PATRICK
LAHENS; DENNIS BLYDEN; DAVID EVICK, JR.;
RASHID QAWI AL-AMIN,
Plaintiffs,
versus
GENE M. JOHNSON,
Defendant - Appellee.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Movant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond. David G. Lowe, Magistrate
Judge. (CA-03-164)
Submitted: May 4, 2005 Decided: May 20, 2005
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Stephen E. McClelland, Appellant Pro Se. Mark Ralph Davis, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Stephen E. McClelland seeks to appeal the magistrate
judge’s order denying his motion for a temporary restraining order.
This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28
U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and certain interlocutory and collateral
orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v.
Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order
McClelland seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an
appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Office of Pers.
Mgmt. v. Am. Fed’n of Gov’t Employees, 473 U.S. 1301, 1303-04
(1985); Drudge v. McKernon, 482 F.2d 1375, 1376 (4th Cir. 1973).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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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