Zellinger v. Control Services Inc ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-1170
JAMES A. ZELLINGER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
CONTROL SERVICES, INCORPORATED, a Louisiana
Corporation; LUV N’ CARE, LIMITED, a Louisiana
Corporation; N. E. HAKIM, an Individual,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Durham. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr.,
Chief District Judge. (CA-01-3)
Submitted: July 23, 2003 Decided: August 27, 2003
Before LUTTIG, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James A. Zellinger, Appellant Pro Se. John L. Monroe, Jr., Florence
Valerie Rusk, FORD & HARRISON, Atlanta, Georgia; Grayson Lawrence
Reeves, Jr., Charles Atlee Madison, PATTERSON, DILTHEY, CLAY &
BRYSON, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
James A. Zellinger seeks to appeal the district court’s order
transferring his case to the Western District of Louisiana because
the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over the Appellees.
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
Zellinger seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an
appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See In re Carefirst
of Md., Inc., 305 F.3d 253, 262 (4th Cir. 2002). Accordingly, we
grant Appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. We deny Zellinger’s motion to file a formal brief.
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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