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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UNPUBLISHED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. 16-6575

DARNELL M. CLEATON,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

HAROLD CLARKE, Director; B.W. BOOKER, Warden of Green Rock,

Respondents – Appellees,

and

UNKNOWN,

Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at ALexandria. Liam O’Grady, District 

Judge. (1:15-cv-00443-LO-IDD)

Submitted: July 28, 2016 Decided: August 2, 2016

Before MOTZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Darnell M. Cleaton, Appellant Pro Se. Virginia Bidwell Theisen, 

Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for 

Appellees.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Darnell M. Cleaton seeks to appeal the district court’s

order denying six motions in his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) 

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 Cleaton 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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