Christopher Odom v. Veronica Smalls, No. 09-6921 (4th Cir. 2009)
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Certiorari dismissed, March 22, 2010 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-6921 CHRISTOPHER A. ODOM, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. VERONICA SMALLS, Officer Judge; PATRICIA BALDWIN, Officer Judge; ROGER OWEN, Officer, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph R. McCrorey, Magistrate Judge. (3:09-cv-00629-PMD) Submitted: October 20, 2009 Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Decided: NIEMEYER, October 26, 2009 Circuit Judge, and Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Christopher A. Odom, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Christopher A. Odom seeks to appeal the magistrate judge s report and recommendation in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) suit. * This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral 54(b); Cohen (1949). nor orders, an v. 28 U.S.C. Beneficial § 1292 Indus. (2006); Loan Fed. Corp., R. 337 Civ. U.S. 541 The order Odom seeks to appeal is neither a final order appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. dispense P. with oral argument because the facts and We legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED * Odom s notice of appeal could also have been construed as objections to the magistrate judge s report. As we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, we express no opinion on the proper construction of Odom s filing. 2
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