Roderick Demeatrice Oaks v. Harold Clark, No. 14-6980 (4th Cir. 2014)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 14-6980 RODERICK DEMEATRICE OAKS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD CLARK, Director, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Tommy E. Miller, Magistrate Judge. (2:13-cv-00674-RAJ-TEM) Submitted: September 23, 2014 Before NIEMEYER and Senior Circuit Judge. GREGORY, Decided: Circuit September 26, 2014 Judges, and HAMILTON, Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Roderick Demeatrice Oaks, Appellant Pro Se. Leah A. Darron, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Roderick magistrate judge s Demeatrice Oaks recommendation § 2254 (2012) petition. to seeks dismiss to appeal Oaks 28 the U.S.C. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 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 v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). neither a final order collateral order. The order Oaks seeks to appeal is nor an Accordingly, appealable we deny interlocutory leave to proceed or in forma pauperis and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We dispense contentions with are oral argument adequately because presented in the facts and the materials legal before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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