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Lamarr Barthell DINGLE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DIRECTOR OF the DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 17-6653
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: September 27, 2017
    Decided: October 4, 2017
    Lamarr Barthell Dingle, Appellant Pro Se. Leah A. Darron, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Before DUNCAN and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
   Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

PER CURIAM:

Lamarr Barthell Dingle appeals the district court’s order denying his motion to order a third party to submit an affidavit in Dingle’s habeas proceeding. We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory.

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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The order Dingle seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. 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 
      
       In a prior opinion we construed Dingle’s appeal as challenging the district court's dismissal of his § 2254 petition. However, we later determined that Dingle’s appeal was misdocketed through no fault of his own, and we have exercised our inherent authority to recall the mandate in this appeal and sua sponte granted rehearing by separate order. See Calderon v. Thompson, 523 U.S. 538, 549-50, 118 S.Ct. 1489, 140 L.Ed.2d 728 (1998).