Richard Dean Mears, Petitioner--appellant, v. United States of America, Respondent--appellee, 59 F.3d 167 (4th Cir. 1995)

Appellant appeals an order transferring his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (1988) petition to the Eastern District of North Carolina.¹  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 Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Van Orman v. Purkett, 43 F.3d 1201, 1202-03 (8th Cir. 1994).

We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory.²  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.