Lawrence Wilder, Sr. v. Steve Preston

Filing 920090605

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-1161

LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, SR., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. STEVE PRESTON, Secretary, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; JOHN BRAVACOS, Regional Director; JAMES KELLY, Field Office Director, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. (1:09-cv-00155-RDB)

Submitted:

May 28, 2009

Decided:

June 5, 2009

Before WILKINSON, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., seeks to appeal the

district court's order denying without prejudice his motion for appointment of counsel in an ongoing civil action. 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). Wilder 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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