Edward T. Dean, Plaintiff-appellant, v. J.s. Smith, W.v. Stearns, Jr., S.c. Jordan, J.h. Smyre, R.granger, Michael Murchison, Thomas Loflin, John E.carriker, Franklin L. Block, Defendants-appellees, 888 F.2d 1385 (4th Cir. 1989)

Edward T. Dean appeals the district court's order denying Dean's motion for extension of time to respond to the defendants' answer and its denial of reconsideration of the order. 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).

As the order appealed from is not a final order, it 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 order appealable under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292. Finally, the order is not appealable as a collateral order under Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

Finding no basis for appellate jurisdiction, we dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We deny the appellees' motion for Fed.R.App. 38 sanctions or a pre-filing review order. We dispense with oral argument because the dispositive issues have been decided authoritatively.

DISMISSED.