United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jeffrey P. Riddle, A/k/a Jeffrey P. Riddel, Defendant-appellant, 914 F.2d 1493 (4th Cir. 1990)

Jeffrey P. Riddle appeals the district court's failure to respond to his motion for clarification. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 this Court has jurisdiction over appeals from final orders. A final order is one which disposes of all issues in dispute as to all parties. It "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment." Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945).

The district court has not ruled on Riddle's motion and its failure to rule is not appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The district court has not directed entry of final judgment as to particular claims or parties under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b), nor is the district court's lack of action appealable under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292 or the collateral order doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

Finding no basis for appellate jurisdiction, 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