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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT 

No. 09-7088

JAMES VANG, 

 Petitioner – Appellant, 

 v. 

JON OZMIT, Director of SCDC; WARDEN OF PERRY CORRECTIONAL 

INSTITUTION, 

 Respondents – Appellees. 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Henry F. Floyd, District Judge. 

(0:08-cv-02829-HFF-PHG) 

Submitted: January 14, 2010 Decided: February 17, 2010 

Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. 

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

James Vang, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Deputy 

Assistant Attorney General, Alphonso Simon, Jr., SOUTH CAROLINA 

ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, Columbia, South Carolina, for 

Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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PER CURIAM: 

James Vang seeks to appeal the district court’s order 

overruling Vang’s objections to the magistrate judge’s order 

denying his “Motion in Abeyance and/or Stay of Habeas Corpus.” 

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 

U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral 

orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. 

Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order 

Vang seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable 

interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny Vang’s 

motion for stay pending appeal and dismiss the appeal for lack 

of jurisdiction. Vang’s motion for a certificate of 

appealability is denied as unnecessary. 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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