UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-7692

KENNETH N. HAMMOND; CHARLES EDWARD FORRESTER, JR.; PHILLIP DUCKETT,

Petitioners,

versus

DAVID A. GARRAGHTY, Warden; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AGENCIES; UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION; ANTHONY WILLIAMS, Mayor; EDWARD F. REILLY, JR., Chairman, United States Parole Commission; ODIE WASHINGTON, in his official capacity as Director, D. C. Department of Corrections; JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,

Respondents - Appellees,

versus

KENNETH A. HINTON,

Movant - Appellant,

ORLANDO R. WILLIS BEY,

Movant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Chief District Judge. (CA-02-864-AM)

Submitted: February 10, 2003 Decided: March 10, 2003 2 Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth A. Hinton, Appellant Pro Se. Kimberly C. Matthews, OFFICE OF CORPORATION COUNSEL, Washington, D.C.; Richard Parker, Major Francis Patrick King, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

3 PER CURIAM:

Kenneth A. Hinton seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motion to join an action under

(2000).

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

Hinton seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable

interlocutory or collateral order. See Bhd. of R.R. Trainmen v.

Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Co.,

(1947) (finding

that denial of motion for permissive intervention not immediately

appealable). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of

jurisdiction. We deny Hinton’s motion to expedite as moot. 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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