UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-7729

CHRISTOPHER L. BLACKWOOD,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

GARY D. MAYNARD; BILL WHITE; DON DRISKELL; JOHN MAXY; PERCY JONES; RICHARD HARVEYD; DON LEHMON,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (CA-02-1767-3-23BC)

Submitted: January 30, 2003 Decided: February 20, 2003

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christopher L. Blackwood, Appellant Pro Se. Daniel Roy Settana, Jr., MCKAY, MCKAY & SETTANA, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Christopher L. Blackwood seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying Blackwood’s motion for reconsideration of the

magistrate judge’s denial of his motion for appointment of counsel.

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders,

(2000), and certain interlocutory and collateral

orders,

(2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v.

Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,

(1949). The order

Blackwood seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an

appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, although

we grant Blackwood’s Motion Requesting to Add Supporting Evidence

to Informal Brief, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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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