Franklin E. Dennison, Petitioner Appellant, v. State of South Carolina; T. Travis Medlock, Attorneygeneral of the State of South Carolina,respondents Appellees, 43 F.3d 1466 (4th Cir. 1994)

Franklin Dennison appeals the district court's pre-trial order dismissing without prejudice his motion for discovery. 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 (1988); and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1988); 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. See North Carolina Ass'n of Black Lawyers v. North Carolina Bd. of Bar Examiners, 538 F.2d 547 (4th Cir. 1976). Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We further deny Appellant's motions to compel discovery, for production of documents, and for default judgment filed in this Court. 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.