Theodore Justice v. North Carolina Dept HHS, No. 20-1044 (4th Cir. 2020)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 20-1044 THEODORE JUSTICE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY; GRANVILLE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Defendants - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief District Judge. (5:18-cv-00187-BO) Submitted: May 21, 2020 Decided: May 26, 2020 Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Theodore Justice, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Theodore Justice seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motions for appointment of counsel and to participate in electronic case filing. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2018), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2018); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Justice seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we grant the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Service’s motion to 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 2

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