UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 21-6057

CORIANTE L. PIERCE,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

SHERIFF CLARENCE BIRKHEAD,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Joe L. Webster, Magistrate Judge. (1:20-cv-00712-WO-JEP)

Submitted: May 20, 2021 Decided: May 25, 2021

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Coriante L. Pierce, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Coriante L. Pierce seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s recommendation to

dismiss without prejudice Pierce’s

petition. This court may exercise

jurisdiction only over final orders,

, and certain interlocutory and

collateral orders,

; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan

Corp.,

(1949). The order Pierce seeks to appeal is neither a final

order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss this

appeal for lack of jurisdiction and deny Pierce’s motions to appoint counsel and his motion

for bail or release pending appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument

would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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