UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 99-7641

MASON THOMPSON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections,

Respondent - Appellee.

No. 99-7642

MASON THOMPSON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. James E. Bradberry, Magistrate Judge. (CA-99-846, CA-99-847) Submitted: January 20, 2000 Decided: February 2, 2000

Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mason Thompson, Appellant Pro Se. John H. McLees, Jr., OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

2 PER CURIAM:

In these consolidated cases, Mason Thompson appeals the mag-

istrate judge’s orders denying his motions for evidentiary hearings

on his two pendings habeas corpus petitions. We dismiss the ap-

peals for lack of jurisdiction because the orders are not appeal-

able. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders,

(1994), and certain interlocutory and collateral

orders,

(1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v.

Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,

(1949). The orders here

appealed are neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or

collateral orders.

We deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeals

as interlocutory. 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

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