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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UNPUBLISHED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. 16-6138

JOSEPH COPPOLA,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

TERRY O’BRIEN, Warden,

Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of West Virginia, at Martinsburg. Robert W. Trumble, 

Magistrate Judge. (3:15-cv-00096-GMG-RWT)

Submitted: June 21, 2016 Decided: June 23, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Joseph Coppola, Appellant Pro Se. Helen Campbell Altmeyer, 

Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia; Erin K. 

Reisenweber, Assistant United States Attorney, Martinsburg, West 

Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Joseph Coppola seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s order 

denying his motion for entry of default on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 

(2012) petition. 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 Coppola 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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