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Parties Involved:
Kenneth Edward Barbour
Appellant
Gene M. Johnson
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-6076

KENNETH EDWARD BARBOUR,

Petitioner – Appellant,

v.

GENE M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of 

Corrections,

Respondent – Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of Virginia, at Norfolk. F. Bradford Stillman, 

Magistrate Judge. (2:09-cv-00302-MSD-FBS)

Submitted: May 20, 2010 Decided: May 27, 2010

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kenneth Edward Barbour, Appellant Pro Se. Benjamin Hyman Katz, 

Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Kenneth Edward Barbour seeks to appeal the magistrate 

judge’s order directing the Respondent to answer his 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254 (2006) petition. 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 Barbour seeks to appeal is 

neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or 

collateral order. Accordingly, we deny what we construe as a 

motion to expedite a decision in this appeal 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 the court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process. 

DISMISSED

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