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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-7672

W. ROBERT WARDELL, JR.,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

ANDREW MANSUKHANI, Warden, FCI Estill,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Rock Hill. David C. Norton, District Judge; 

Paige Jones Gossett, Magistrate Judge. (0:16-cv-01135-DCN-PJG)

Submitted: February 23, 2017 Decided: February 28, 2017

Before SHEDD and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

W. Robert Wardell, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

W. Robert Wardell, Jr., seeks to appeal two pretrial orders 

issued by the magistrate judge and the district court’s order 

affirming the magistrate judge’s rulings in Wardell’s 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2241 (2012) action. On appeal, Wardell challenges the orders 

he seeks to appeal only insofar as they deny his request to 

consolidate his action with that of another litigant. 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 Wardell 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

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