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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UNPUBLISHED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. 15-7788

WILLIAM H. EVANS, JR.,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE; WARDEN, Ross Correctional 

Institution,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Anthony J. Trenga, 

District Judge. (1:14-cv-01015-AJT-IDD)

Submitted: February 3, 2016 Decided: June 29, 2016

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

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William H. Evans, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

William H. Evans, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order transferring his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) action to the 

Southern District of Ohio. 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 Evans seeks to appeal is 

neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or 

collateral order. See In re Carefirst of Md., Inc., 305 F.3d 

253 (4th Cir. 2002). 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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