U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2006

Reaves v. South Carolina Democratic Party

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided July 21, 2006 · Gregory, Hamilton, Motz

190 F. App'x 234

Counsel

Reverend Franklin C. Reaves, Fannie Melette, Michael Small, Lamar Melette, Betty R. Davis, Lewan Melette, Patricia Bennett, McRoy Barr, Willie Johnson, Jerry Mason, Appellants Pro Se. William Norman Nettles, Sanders & Nettles, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; Henry Dargan McMaster, Attorney General, John William McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina; Thomas Parkin C. Hunter, Office of the Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina; Lucas C. Padgett, Jr., McNair Law Firm, PA, Charleston, South Carolina; Clyde Havird Jones, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina; Elizabeth Ramage McMahon, Office of the Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina; Charlie James Blake, Jr., Florence, South Carolina, for Appellees.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

Appellants seek to appeal the standing order referring pretrial matters in pro se cases to a magistrate judge for report and recommendation. 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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The order appellants seek to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Nor has the district court entered a final order in this case. 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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