Donald Van Meter v. JM & LF Inc

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:14-cv-01074-LMB-TCB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999567605]. Mailed to: Meter. [14-2298]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2298

DONALD VAN METER,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
JM & LF INC., d/b/a Action Automotive,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Theresa C. Buchanan,
Magistrate Judge. (1:14-cv-01074-LMB-TCB)

Submitted:

April 16, 2015

Decided:

April 20, 2015

Before AGEE and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Donald Van Meter, Appellant Pro
Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee.

Se.

William

Edward

Hassan,

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Donald Van Meter seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s
order

granting

judgment.

the

Defendant’s

motion

to

set

aside

default

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final

orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and
collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P.
54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 54546 (1949).

The order Van Meter seeks to appeal is neither a

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Nor could it have been certified for immediate appealability
under Rule 54(b).

In re Bryson, 406 F.3d 284, 287-88 (4th Cir.

2005); Equip. Fin. Grp., Inc. v. Traverse Computer Brokers, 973
F.2d 345, 347-48 (4th Cir. 1992).
appeal 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 this court and argument would not aid
the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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