Greg Givens v. Scott Smith

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999157007-2]; denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999181677-2]; denying Motion to strike [999181674-2] Originating case number: 5:12-cv-00155-FPS-JES Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999246626]. Mailed to: Greg Givens. [13-1841]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-1841

GREG P. GIVENS,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
SCOTT R. SMITH, individually and collectively; KEITH C.
GAMBLE, individually and collectively; STEPHEN M. FOWLER,
individually and collectively; D. LUKE FURBEE, individually
and collectively; OFFICER S. A. ZIMMERMAN, individually and
collectively; OFFICER D. L. ROBINSON, individually and
collectively; COUNTY OF OHIO, West Virginia, individually
and collectively; HONORABLE JAMES P. MAZZONE, individually
and collectively;
HONORABLE ARTHUR M. RECHT, individually
and collectively; HONORABLE RONALD E. WILSON, individually
and collectively; KENNETH W. BLAKE, individually and
collectively;
JULIE
L.
KREEFER,
individually
and
collectively; TONI VANCAMP, individually and collectively;
THE STATE JOURNAL, individually and collectively; SUSAN
HAMRICK, individually and collectively,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
J. C. WEAVER,
Movant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Wheeling.
Frederick P. Stamp,
Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:12-cv-00155-FPS-JES)

Submitted:

November 21, 2013

Decided:

November 25, 2013

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Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Greg P. Givens, Appellant Pro Se. Diane G. Senakievich, David
Lee Wyant, BAILEY & WYANT, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia;
Kenneth Louis Hopper, PULLIN, FOWLER, FLANAGAN, BROWN & POE,
PLLC, Morgantown, West Virginia; Deva A. Solomon, Monte Lee
Williams, STEPTOE & JOHNSON, LLP, Morgantown, West Virginia;
John Michael Hedges, Teresa Jean Lyons, HEDGES LYONS & SHEPHERD,
Morgantown, West Virginia; Kevin A. Nelson, HUDDLESTON & BOLEN,
LLP, Charleston, West Virginia; Robert Gregory McDermott,
MCDERMOTT & BONENBERGER, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, for
Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Greg P. Givens seeks to appeal the district court’s
order adopting the report and recommendation of the magistrate
judge

and

granting

in

part

and

denying

in

part

Defendants’

motion to dismiss, and imposing a prefiling injunction.
court

may

exercise

jurisdiction

only

over

final

This

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

order Givens seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an
appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

Accordingly, we

deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the appeal
for lack of jurisdiction.
for

appointment

of

We deny Givens’ motions to strike and

counsel.

We

dispense

with

oral

argument

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented
in the materials before this court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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