Larry Pulley v. Theodis Beck

Filing 920090903

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-6857

LARRY MCLEOD PULLEY, Petitioner - Appellant, v. THEODIS BECK, Respondent - Appellee.

No. 09-6858

LARRY MCLEOD PULLEY, Petitioner - Appellant, v. THEODIS BECK, Respondent - Appellee.

No. 09-6859

LARRY MCLEOD PULLEY, Petitioner - Appellant, v. THEODIS BECK, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. James A. Beaty, Jr., Chief District Judge. (1:09-cv-00236-JAB-DPD; 1:09-cv-00234JAB-DPD; 1:09-cv-00215-JAB-DPD)

Submitted:

August 26, 2009

Decided: September 3, 2009

Before TRAXLER, Judges.

Chief

Judge,

and

GREGORY

and

SHEDD,

Circuit

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Larry McLeod Pulley, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Larry McLeod Pulley

seeks to appeal the magistrate judge's orders regarding his in forma pauperis status in three 28 U.S.C § 2254 (2006) cases. 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 (1949). The orders

Pulley seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. appeals for lack of jurisdiction. Accordingly, we dismiss the 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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