UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 98-2321

KATHLEEN A. TAYLOR,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

versus

CYNTHIA WALL, Individually and as a member of

the faculty of the University of Virginia Department of English; GORDON BRADEN, Individually and in his capacity as a member of the

faculty and as Chair of the University of Virginia Department of English; PATRICIA SPACKS,

Individually and in her capacity as Chair of

the English Department at the University of

Virginia; JOHN CASTEEN, Individually and in

his capacity as President of the University of

Virginia; PETER W. LOW, Individually and in

his capacity as Vice President and Provost of

the University of Virginia; ROBERT HUSKEY,

Individually and in his capacity as Associate

Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and

Science of the University of Virginia; MELVYN

LEFFLER, Individually and in his capacity as

Dean of Faculty of the University of Virginia;

KAREN HOLT, Individually and in her capacity

as Equal Opportunity Programs Officer at the

University of Virginia; RICHARD RILEY, Individually and in his capacity as Secretary of

Education at the United States Department of

Education; NORMA CANTU, Individually and in

her capacity as Assistant Secretary for Civil

Rights at the United States Department of

Education; JANETTE LIM, Individually and in

her capacity as Director, Program Legal Component, Office for Civil Rights, United States
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Department of Education; FOUR UNKNOWN POLICE

OFFICERS, Individually and in their capacity

as police officers for the University of

Virginia and/or the City of Charlottesville;

BARBARA MELOSH; ROSEMARY JANN, Individually

and in their capacities as Co-Chairs, George

Mason University English Department; RONALD J.

SINACORE, Individually and in his capacity as

Affirmative Action Planning Coordinator for

George Mason University; EARL J. INGRAM, Individually and in his capacity as Vice President

and Equity Officer for George Mason University; CLAIRE KINNEY; SUSAN FRAIMAN; KATHERINE

MAUS, Individually and in their capacities as

members of the faculty of the University of

Virginia Department of English,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western

District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Samuel G. Wilson, Chief District

Judge. (CA-98-235-R)

Submitted: January 21, 1999 Decided: February 5, 1999

Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Kathleen A. Taylor, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:

Kathleen A. Taylor appeals from the district court’s order

directing her to advise the court whether she intended for the

documents she filed on August 13, 1998, to serve as a response to

the district court’s August 10, 1998, order or as a notice of

appeal from that order. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1994),

and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292

(1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan

Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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