Case Name: Johnathan Lee X SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-11-02
Citations: 452 F. App'x 403
Docket Number: No. 11-6481
Parties: Johnathan Lee X SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 452
Pages: 403–403

Head Matter:
Johnathan Lee X SMITH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 11-6481.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 6, 2011.
Decided: Nov. 2, 2011.
Johnathan Lee X Smith, Appellant Pro Se. Donald Eldridge Jeffrey, III, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Johnathan Lee X Smith seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing some but not all of his claims filed with 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, 545-46, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The order Smith 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.