W. Robert Wardell, Jr. v. Andrew Mansukhani, No. 16-7672 (4th Cir. 2017)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-7672 W. ROBERT WARDELL, JR., Petitioner - Appellant, v. ANDREW MANSUKHANI, Warden, FCI Estill, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. David C. Norton, District Judge; Paige Jones Gossett, Magistrate Judge. (0:16-cv-01135-DCN-PJG) Submitted: February 23, 2017 Decided: February 28, 2017 Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. W. Robert Wardell, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: W. Robert Wardell, Jr., seeks to appeal two pretrial orders issued by the magistrate judge and the district court’s order affirming the magistrate judge’s rulings in Wardell’s 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) action. On appeal, Wardell challenges the orders he seeks to appeal only insofar as they deny his request to consolidate his court exercise may action with that of jurisdiction 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), collateral orders, 28 and U.S.C. another only over certain § 1292 litigant. final This orders, interlocutory (2012); Fed. R. Civ. and P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 54546 (1949). orders The orders Wardell seeks to appeal are neither final nor appealable Accordingly, we deny interlocutory leave to proceed or in collateral forma dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. oral argument adequately because presented in the the facts and materials legal before orders. pauperis and We dispense with contentions this court are and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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