UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-7674

CHARLES JONES, a/k/a Nicholas Warner Jones,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

MARY ANN SAAR, Maryland State Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services; JOHN SNOWDEN, Lieutenant; JULIUS WILLIAMS, Sargeant,

Defendants - Appellees,

and

DANTE GREEN, Prison #309110; DONALD WHITE; DARRYL TAYLOR, Prison #299166,

Defendants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. (CA- 04-1243-1-RDB)

Submitted: December 16, 2004 Decided: December 28, 2004

Before MICHAEL, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Charles Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Glenn William Bell, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

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Charles Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motion to amend his

(2000) complaint.

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 Jones

seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable

interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, 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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