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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1241

LAWRENCE VERLINE WILDER, SR.,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James E. Gates, 

Magistrate Judge. (7:15-cv-00046-D)

Submitted: September 29, 2016 Decided: October 3, 2016

Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Lawrence Verline Wilder, Sr., seeks to appeal the 

magistrate judge’s order denying his request for a hearing and 

for appointment of counsel in his civil action. 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 order

Wilder 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

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