UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-1910

ERNEST A. LARCH, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1911

PAUL NEWMAN ALLEN, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1912

BENNY BARFIELD, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1913

ALVIN R. WILSON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1914

JAMES HUGHES, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

- 2 - No. 04-1915

RUFUS L. BELDING, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1916

JAMES ROBERT BENNINGTON, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1917

JOHN F. KENNEDY, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

- 3 - GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

No. 04-1918

JIMMY WORTHAM, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

GEORGE GINTOLI; RUSSEL HUGES; BRENDA YOUNG-RICE; SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Anderson. Bruce H. Hendricks, Magistrate Judge. (CA-04-1962-22BI-8; CA-04-1957-22BI-8; CA-04-1958-22BI-8; CA-04- 1959-22BI-8; CA-04-1961-22BI-8; CA-04-1955-22BI-8; CA-04-1956-22BI- 8; CA-04-1776-22BI-8; CA-04-1964-22BI-8)

Submitted: September 9, 2004 Decided: September 14, 2004

Before WILKINSON, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ernest A. Larch, Paul Newman Allen, Benny Barfield, Alvin R. Wilson, James Hughes, Rufus L. Belding, James Robert Bennington, John F. Kennedy, Jimmy Wortham, Appellants Pro Se.

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See Local Rule 36(c).

- 5 - PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Ernest A. Larch, Paul Newman Allen, Benny Barfield, Alvin R. Wilson, James Hughes, Rufus L. Belding, James Robert Bennington, John F. Kennedy, and Jimmy Wortham appeal a district court order denying their motions to join as plaintiffs in another lawsuit. We dismiss all the appeals for lack of jurisdiction because the order is interlocutory and not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order appealed here is neither final nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

We therefore 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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