Darnell Cleaton v. Harold Clarke, No. 16-6575 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6575 DARNELL M. CLEATON, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD CLARKE, Director; B.W. BOOKER, Warden of Green Rock, Respondents – Appellees, and UNKNOWN, Respondent. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at ALexandria. Liam O’Grady, District Judge. (1:15-cv-00443-LO-IDD) Submitted: July 28, 2016 Before MOTZ and Circuit Judge. HARRIS, Decided: Circuit Judges, and August 2, 2016 DAVIS, Senior Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Darnell M. Cleaton, Appellant Pro Se. Senior Assistant Attorney General, Appellees. Virginia Bidwell Theisen, Richmond, Virginia, for Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Darnell M. Cleaton seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying six motions in his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) action. 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, 54546 (1949). The order Cleaton seeks to appeal is neither a final order an nor Accordingly, we appealable deny interlocutory leave to proceed or in collateral forma dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. oral argument adequately because presented in the the facts and materials legal before order. pauperis and We dispense with contentions this court are and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 3

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