Joseph Pirela v. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, No. 17-2290 (4th Cir. 2018)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 17-2290 JOSEPH PIRELA, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; THE CONGRESS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WASHINGTON, DC; HOUSE OF PROSTITUTION UNKNOWN BAR OF HOMOSEXUALS, (Sex Workers Tranvestitutes-Prostitutes); ALOYMA SANCHEZ; THOMAS WILLIAMS; MIAMI POLICE DEPARTMENT; THE STATE OF FLORIDA PROCEEDINGS PROSECUTIONS; UNKNOWN BAR OF HOMOSEXUALS; SEX WORKERS 33 HEALTH CARE BAKER ACT OF JACKSON HOSPITAL; (4) TRANSVESTITE MATTHEW JOHN Prostitute Homosexual; DAVID COUNTIN, (1) Client; DON SMITH; DENIS FONSECA; ANGEL MIRANDA; CARLOS ALVAREZ; CITY OF MIAMI, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, Chief District Judge. (5:17-cv-00541-D) Submitted: January 30, 2018 Decided: February 1, 2018 Before MOTZ and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Joseph Pirela, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: Joseph Pirela seeks to appeal the district court’s orders reassigning his case to a certain district court judge and referring his motion to proceed in forma pauperis to a magistrate judge. 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). The orders Pirela seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 3

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