James May v. Scott Brain ( 2012 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7563
JAMES ANTHONY MAY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SCOTT BRAIN; JAMES R. CHELLIS; JANE DOE; DR. PHILLIP
PERKINS,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 11-7564
JAMES ANTHONY MAY,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
DR. NINA WARD; NURSE G. MULLEN,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan,
District Judge. (5:11-ct-03088-FL; 5:11-ct-03065-FL)
Submitted: January 31, 2012 Decided: February 3, 2012
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Anthony May, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
James Anthony May seeks to appeal the district court’s
orders directing May to notify the district court how he
intended to proceed in his two separately filed 42 U.S.C. § 1983(2006) actions. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over
final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory
and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P.
54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-
46 (1949). The orders May seeks to appeal are neither final
orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals for lack of jurisdiction.
We further deny May’s motion for appointment of counsel in
Appeal No. 11-7563. 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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