Keith Goodman v. Gene Johnson

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to amend/correct [999564502-2]; denying Motion for stay pending appeal [999538869-2]; denying Motion to appoint/assign counsel [999522837-2] Originating case number: 1:11-cv-00079-GBL-IDD Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999603683]. Mailed to: appellant. [15-6042]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-6042

KEITH D. GOODMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
GENE M. JOHNSON; HAROLD W. CLARKE; JOHN JABE; FRED SHILLING;
KIM RUNION; ELTON BROWN, Doctor; KRYM; SPRUILL, Doctor;
HARVARD STEPHENS, Doctor,
Defendants – Appellees,
and
A. DAVID ROBINSON; J. LAFOON; Q. BIRCHETTE; MS. G.F. SIVELS;
G. ROBINSON; CASSANDRA TAYLOR; C. MAYES; C. BAILEY; PRISON
HEALTH SERVICES,
Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:11-cv-00079-GBL-IDD)

Submitted:

May 22, 2015

Before GREGORY
Circuit Judge.

and

SHEDD,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

Appeal dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

June 17, 2015

DAVIS,

Senior

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Keith D. Goodman, Appellant Pro Se. James Milburn Isaacs, Jr.,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia;
Carlene Booth Johnson, PERRY LAW FIRM, PC, Dillwyn, Virginia;
Gary Christopher Jones, Jr., Mark Charles Nanavati, SINNOTT,
NUCKOLS & LOGAN, PC, Midlothian, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Keith D. Goodman appeals the district court’s order denying
his

motion

to

appoint

counsel.

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, 545-46 (1949).

The order Goodman

seeks

nor

to

appeal

is

neither

a

final

interlocutory or collateral order.

order

an

appealable

Accordingly, we dismiss the

appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and we deny his motions to
appoint counsel on appeal and for a stay pending appeal.

We

also deny his motion to amend his informal brief because the
claims presented therein are more appropriately raised in his
appeal

from

judgment.
legal
before

the

district

court’s

order

granting

summary

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

contentions
this

court

are

adequately

and

argument

presented

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.

DISMISSED

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