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Nature of Suit Code: 443
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Accommodations
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1559 

MICHAEL L. BUESGENS,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

CHRISTINE C. FREELAND; DEBRA WEHMEIER,

Regional Vice President Riverstone Residential

SC, LLC; CHARLES EADS BROWN; HOWARD M.

BOOKSTAFF; HOOVER SLOVACEK, LLP; NATIONAL

APARTMENT ASSOCIATION; TEXAS APARTMENT

ASSOCIATION; AUSTIN APARTMENT ASSOCIATION;

ARNOLD CARLTAUCH; JACK C. MOSS; KYLE TAUCH,

Respondent Superiors; FALCON GROUP; GARY KIN

OLDHAM, Partner; ROBERT A. FAITH, President;

GREYSTAR HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED; J. FRANK

MILLER, Respondent Superior; JPI PARTNERS;

JEFFERSON AT FALCON RIDGE; DAVID B. ARMBRUST,

Attorney Respondent Superior; GREGORY S.

CAGLE; ARMBRUST R. BROWN, LIMITED LIABILITY

PARTNERSHIP; DUNHAN JEWETT, Attorney

Respondent Superior; SHELLEY BUSH MARMON,

Attorney; CRADY JEWETT R M MCCULLY, LLP; MEASN

MONIQUE GOERES, Human Relations Manager Grande

Communications; ANDIRUH (ANDY) SARWAL; ANDREW

KEVER, General Counsel Respondent Superior;

GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS, Winstead, P. C.;

CHESTER E. BEAVER, City of Austin, Texas

Attorney; ANN MORGAN, Attorney City of Austin,

Texas; JOHN A. BENAVIDES, Investigator City of

Austin; CHARLES H. GORHAM, Administrator City

of Austin; CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS; TRAVIS

COUNTY, TEXAS; FELIX TARANGO, Assistant Travis

County Attorney; JOSEPH ROSSER, Deputy; BRUCE

ELFANT, Constable Precinct 5, Travis County;

EDWARD CURRY, Sergeant Travis County

Constable; RIVERSTONE OPERATING COMPANY,

INCORPORATED; RYAN GOERES, District

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Superintendent Hunt Oil Company; KIM KENDRICK,

Assistant Secretary, U. S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development - Fair Housing

Equal Opportunity FHEO, Fair Housing FHEO,

Fair Housing Assistance Program - FHMP,

individually and in her official capacity;

MILTON TURNER, Director Compliance and

Disability Rights - HUD - FHEO - FHAP,

individually and in his official capacity;

GARRY SWEENEY; JOSEPH CASTILLO, Director HUD -

FHEO - FHAP Field Office, individually and in

his official capacity; ALPHONSO JACKSON,

Secretary HUD #06-06-293-8 City of Austin,

Texas HUD Certified Fair Housing Office - FHAP

FHEO No. 01-06-0028-HG/COA EE/FHO,

individually and in his official capacity;

JACK E. FRITTS, Maintenance - Falcon Ridge

Apartments, et al; RIVERSTONE RESIDENTIAL, SC,

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge.

(8:07-cv-01363-DKC)

Submitted: November 26, 2007 Decided: December 21, 2007

Before NIEMEYER, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael L. Buesgens, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Michael L. Buesgens seeks to appeal the transfer of his

pending 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2000) action from the District of

Maryland to the Western District of Texas. This court may exercise

jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and

certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292

(2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan

Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). It is well-settled that transfers

under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (2000) are not appealable final orders.

See In re Carefirst of Md., Inc., 305 F.3d 253, 262 (4th Cir.

2002); Gower v. Lehman, 799 F.2d 925, 927 (4th Cir. 1986). We

therefore lack jurisdiction to entertain this appeal. Accordingly,

we deny Buesgens’ motions for production of documents and for

“Joinder of Civil Actions.” We also deny Buesgens’ “Motion for

relief from Judge Sam Sparks’ order closing Civil No.

1:07cv00444SS.” We dispense with oral argument because the facts

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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