Case Name: Ward Everette MOHLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.E. GUNJA, Warden, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-06-08
Citations: 11 F. App'x 321
Docket Number: No. 01-6257
Parties: Ward Everette MOHLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.E. GUNJA, Warden, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 11
Pages: 321–321

Head Matter:
Ward Everette MOHLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.E. GUNJA, Warden, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 01-6257.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted May 31, 2001.
Decided June 8, 2001.
Ward Everette Mohler, pro se.
Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Ward Mohler appeals an order of the district court transferring his postconviction proceeding from the District of Maryland to the Western District of Virginia. 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, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appeal-able interlocutory or collateral order. Van Orman v. Purkett, 43 F.3d 1201, 1202-03 (8th Cir.1994); Middlebrooks v. Smith, 735 F.2d 431, 432-33 (11th Cir.1984). We deny a certificate of appealability and 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.