US v. Michael Rankins, No. 14-4839 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-4839 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MICHAEL RANKINS, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (2:14-cr-00003-BO-1) Submitted: January 22, 2015 Decided: January 26, 2015 Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Michael Rankins, Appellant Pro Se. Seth Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Michael Rankins seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his pro se motion for appointment of counsel and his motion requesting specific medical treatment. may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, This court 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). v. The order Rankins seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny Rankins’ motion for appointment of counsel and we grant the Government’s jurisdiction. motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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