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Parties Involved:
JM & LF Inc
Appellee
Donald Van Meter
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-2298

DONALD VAN METER,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JM & LF INC., d/b/a Action Automotive,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Theresa C. Buchanan, 

Magistrate Judge. (1:14-cv-01074-LMB-TCB)

Submitted: April 16, 2015 Decided: April 20, 2015

Before AGEE and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Donald Van Meter, Appellant Pro Se. William Edward Hassan, 

Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Donald Van Meter seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s 

order granting the Defendant’s motion to set aside default 

judgment. 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 Van Meter 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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