Guesner Vernon Melvin, Plaintiff--appellant, v. Ronald Angelone, Director; Sam v. Pruitt, Warden, Rose M.leabough, Defendants--appellees, 50 F.3d 7 (4th Cir. 1995)

Guesner V. Melvin appeals the dismissal without prejudice of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988) complaint. Melvin's complaint was dismissed for failure to respond to the district court's order requiring responses to interrogatories necessary for the district court to process Melvin's request to proceed in forma pauperis. 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). Because Melvin may be able to save this action by responding to the interrogatories in compliance with the district court's order and moving to reopen the case or refiling, the order which Melvin seeks to appeal is not an appealable final order. See Domino Sugar Corp. v. Sugar Workers Local Union 392, 10 F.3d 1064 (4th Cir. 1993). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal.^* 

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.