UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 01-2269

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus

JOSE ANTONIO LOZANO, Claimant - Appellant, and

PROPERTY, 3714 CANCUN LOOP, WEBB COUNTY, LAREDO, TEXAS, WITH ALL APPURTENANCES AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, Defendant, versus

HILL TOP FARM, LIMITED, a Texas limited partnership, Claimant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Durham. William L. Osteen, District Judge. (CA-98-11-1)

Submitted: March 14, 2002 Decided: March 21, 2002 Before NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jose Antonio Lozano, Appellant Pro Se. Lynne P. Klauer, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Jose Antonio Lozano appeals the district court’s order denying his motions for a transcript and for application of a specific statute. 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.

We dismiss the appeal 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