Everett Ray Snyder, Jr., Plaintiff-appellant, v. W. Alvin Hudson; the City of Roanoke; Captain Jones;david Blevins, Lieutenant; Lieutenant Brooks; Doctorberdeen; K. Peters, Corporal; T. Lamons, Corporal; B.watkins, Corporal; J. Bourceious; C. Hull; C. Poff;robert Pinkard, Defendants-appellees, 972 F.2d 342 (4th Cir. 1992)

Everett Ray Snyder, Jr. appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment for the Defendants on some of his claims and referring one claim to a magistrate judge for an evidentiary hearing. 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.

We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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