USCA4 Appeal: 24-6724 Doc: 10 Filed: 12/17/2024 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-6724

JAMES R. VAUGHTER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

LIEUTENANT R. VAUGHN; SERGEANT ANDREWS; OFC. MOBLEY; LIEUTENANT ADLAN; JOHN DOE; JOHN DOES; JANE DOES; DR. M. CLARKE; JANE DOES, Medical Providers/Nurses; MAJOR BOOKER, Chief of Security at SFCC; GONZALEZ, Hearings Officer at SFCC; GARY JONES, Warden at SFCC; TARRA JOHNSON, Chief of Housing at SFCC; T. ROWLEY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jamar Kentrell Walker, District Judge. (2:24-cv-00377-JKW-DEM)

Submitted: December 2, 2024 Decided: December 17, 2024

Before NIEMEYER, QUATTLEBAUM, and BERNER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James R. Vaughter, Appellant Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

James R. Vaughter seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion for

the appointment of counsel. 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 Vaughter seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or

collateral order. Accordingly, we deny Vaughter’s request for counsel and 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 this court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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