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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7320

ROGER L. ERVIN,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BOBBY P. SHEARIN, Warden; SERGEANT FINK,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. 

(1:13-cv-03337-ELH)

Submitted: March 30, 2015 Decided: April 2, 2015

Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Roger Len Ervin, Appellant Pro Se. Nichole Cherie Gatewood, 

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, 

for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Roger L. Ervin seeks to appeal the district court’s 

order denying in part his motion for discovery. 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 Ervin seeks to appeal is neither a final 

order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Nor 

could it have been certified for immediate appealability under 

Rule 54(b). In re Bryson, 406 F.3d 284, 287-88 (4th Cir. 2005); 

Equip. Fin. Grp., Inc. v. Traverse Computer Brokers, 973 F.2d 

345, 347-48 (4th Cir. 1992). Accordingly, we 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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