US v. Dennis Gallipeau, No. 11-7150 (4th Cir. 2011)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 11-7150 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. DENNIS MICHAEL GALLIPEAU, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (3:08-cr-00096-JFA-1; 3:10-cv-70313-JFA) Submitted: November 8, 2011 Decided: November 15, 2011 Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Dennis Michael Gallipeau, Appellant Pro Se. Dean A. Eichelberger, Susan Zalkin Hitt, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Dennis Michael Gallipeau seeks to appeal the district court s order in a habeas proceeding denying his motion for a protective order. over final This court may exercise jurisdiction only orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Gallipeau seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. 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 2

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