Frost v. Lee, (4th Cir. 2002)

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-6694 ROBERT FROST, JR., Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

JAMES LEE, JR.; MCLEOD REGIONAL MEDICAL

CENTER, each in their individual and official

capacity, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge.

(CA-01-3341-0-19BD)

Submitted: July 25, 2002 Decided: August 1, 2002

Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert Frost, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Arthur Edward Justice, Jr.,

TURNER, PADGETT, GRAHAM & LANEY, P.A., Florence, South Carolina,

for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM

Robert Frost appeals the district court’s order denying several discovery motions. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. 1291 (1994), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. 1292 (1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.

Loan Corp. , 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

We dismiss the appeal 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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