US v. Okang Rochelle

Filing 920090309

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-8057

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff ­ Appellee, v. OKANG KAREEM ROCHELLE, Defendant ­ Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., District Judge. (1:05-cr-00112-UA-1)

Submitted:

February 17, 2009

Decided:

March 9, 2009

Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Okang Kareem Rochelle, Appellant Pro Se. Anand P. Ramaswamy, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Okang court's order Kareem granting Rochelle his seeks to appeal new the district and the

request

for

counsel,

court's finding that he is competent to stand trial. may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders,

This court 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 (1949). Rochelle seeks to appeal is neither a final

The order nor an

order

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. oral argument because in the the facts and legal before

Accordingly, we We dispense with contentions the court are and

adequately

presented

materials

argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED

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