Ellison v. South Carolina
Opinion
James E. Ellison seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion to alter, amend, and vacate its prior order associated with Ellison’s 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) complaint. The district court’s pri- or order resolved several pre-judgment motions adversely to Ellison, including his motion for preliminary injunctive relief.
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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). Although the district court’s order here appealed is not a final order as to the remainder of Ellison’s claims, the denial of preliminary injunctive relief is an appealable interlocutory order. MicroStrategy Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., 245 F.3d 335, 339 (4th Cir. 2001).
Finding no abuse of discretion, we affirm the denial of Ellison’s motion for preliminary injunctive relief. Id. (citing standard of review). We further dismiss the remainder of 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.
AFFIRMED IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- James E. ELLISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Woody D. Alexander; Basil Akbar; Scott Atkinson; James K. Austin; Henry Baker; Robert Barkoot; Richard E. Blackburn; Martin Bolick; Elmore Braxton; John P. Brown; Arimatia A. Buggs; Joseph Byrd; Russell Cain; Barton Cornelius; Shango Damballah; Allen Deroin; Steve H. Doyle; Edward A. Duelley; Allen Fellers; Benjamin Foster; Antonio Gantt; Shannon Gurley; Herbert Hightower; James E. Hill; Steven Hippenstell; Jesse Holland; Robert Horton; Samuel Jackson; Willie Johnson; Alonzo King, Jr.; Frank Laney; James T. Lee; Roderick McRae; Gerald D. Meyers; Michael F. Miller; Mekeil Mitchell; Harold G. Moss; Gary Mofatt; James R. Odom; Richard Claude Nodine; Wilson Palacio; Justin W. Porter; Jerome Primas; Johnny Register; Pernell Riley; Herbert Rutledge; Cleveland Sanders; Devon Scott; Tony Shuler; Thomas Thompson; Jimmy Todd; Richard R. Valenti; Jackie Williams; Willie Wood; Damon Wilson; James Adam Wright; Daniel Wright; James O. York; Lester Young, Jr.; James Edwards; Harry Plyer; Darrell Pruitt; James Furtick; Sherman Drakeford; Thomas Harrison; James F. Schneider; Hervey Beckham; Eugene Carter; Johanthan Chaffee; Brian Costner; Donald E. Griffin; Joseph Grizzle; Ray Killian; Robert Stevenson; Lwon Woodford; Matthew Flowers; Donald H. Hallock; Lewis Hendrick; David Charles Hill; Jerry Bridwell McWee; Mitchell Sim; John Ray; Jack Simpson; Eddie R. Smith; Sandra J. Byars; Sharon L. Libutti; Tonya Byars; Frank Jeffers; Larry Todd; Gary Collier; Joseph W. Grant; Daniel Hill; Joshua K. Cramer; David Gibson; Donnie Gibson; Benjamin Bannister; Billy Joe Cartrette; Richard Mayson; David Ellison; Harvey Jones; Morris W. Hall; Norman Starnes, Plaintiffs, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA; South Carolina General Assembly; Atty Genl of SC; South Carolina Department of Corrections; South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services; John Doe; Jane Doe, Defendants-Appellees
- Status
- Unpublished