UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-2322

RAMACHANDRAN VARADARAJAN, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE; INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION; INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis- trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District Judge. (CA-96-1061-A) Submitted: December 31, 1996 Decided: January 23, 1997 Before HALL, WILKINS, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ramachandran Varadarajan, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Appellant seeks to appeal an order dismissing without preju- dice his complaint requesting a temporary restraining order. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Drudge v. McKermon, 482 F.2d 1375, 1376 (4th Cir. 1973) (denial of request for temporary re- straining order is not generally appealable).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. We deny Appellant's Motion for Order. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED