Darnell M. Cleaton v. Harold Clarke

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999851715-2] Originating case number: 1:15-cv-00443-LO-IDD Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999902330]. Mailed to: Darnell M. Cleaton GREENSVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER 901 Corrections Way Route 1, Box 205 Jarratt, VA 23870-9614. [16-6575]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6575

DARNELL M. CLEATON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
HAROLD CLARKE, Director; B.W. BOOKER, Warden of Green Rock,
Respondents – Appellees,
and
UNKNOWN,
Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at ALexandria.
Liam O’Grady, District
Judge. (1:15-cv-00443-LO-IDD)

Submitted:

July 28, 2016

Before MOTZ and
Circuit Judge.

HARRIS,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

August 2, 2016

DAVIS,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Darnell M. Cleaton, Appellant Pro Se.
Senior Assistant Attorney General,
Appellees.

Virginia Bidwell Theisen,
Richmond, Virginia, for

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Darnell M. Cleaton seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying six motions in his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012)
action.

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 Cleaton seeks to appeal is neither a final

order

an

nor

Accordingly,

we

appealable
deny

interlocutory

leave

to

proceed

or
in

collateral
forma

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
oral

argument

adequately

because

presented

in

the
the

facts

and

materials

legal
before

order.

pauperis

and

We dispense with
contentions
this

court

are
and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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