Leon Cheatham v. William Muse

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-00320-CMH-TRJ Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999496946]. Mailed to: L. Cheatham. [14-7221]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7221

LEON CHEATHAM,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
WILLIAM MUSE, Chairman, Virginia Parole Board;
CLARK, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections,

HAROLD

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Claude M. Hilton, Senior
District Judge. (1:13-cv-00320-CMH-TRJ)

Submitted:

December 16, 2014

Before DUNCAN
Circuit Judge.

and

DIAZ,

Circuit

Decided:

Judges,

December 19, 2014

and

DAVIS,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Leon Cheatham, Appellant Pro Se. James Milburn Isaacs, Jr.,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia,
for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Leon

Cheatham

seeks

to

appeal

the

district

court’s

order denying his motions for appointment of counsel and for
discovery.

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final

orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and
collateral

orders,

54(b); Cohen

v.

545-46 (1949).

28

U.S.C.

Beneficial

§ 1292

Indus.

(2012);

Loan

Fed.

Corp.,

337

R.

Civ.

U.S.

P.

541,

The order Cheatham seeks to appeal is neither a

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
dispense

with

contentions

are

oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

We

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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