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911 F.2d 723Unpublished Disposition
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Kenneth MORRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Jim MARTIN, Governor, Aaron Johnson, Joseph Hamilton, Mr.Mozingo, Sgt. Jones, J.E. Gregory, R.D. Moore, John Doe, JoeDoe, Joe Blow, Jim Blow, John Blow, M.E. Bumgarner, HaroldWilliams, Milton Drew, C. Arp, H. Parrish, Gary T. Dixon,Defendants-Appellees.
No. 90-7298.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted July 9, 1990.Decided July 20, 1990.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.  James C. Fox, District Judge.  (C/A No. 89-461)
Kenneth Morrison, appellant pro se.
Jane Ray Garvey, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C., for appellees.
E.D.N.C.
DISMISSED.
Before SPROUSE and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
PER CURIAM:

1
Kenneth Morrison appeals the district court's order denying his motion for a declaratory judgment.  We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

2
Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 this Court has jurisdiction over appeals from final orders.  A final order is one which disposes of all issues in dispute as to all parties.  It "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment."   Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945).

3
As the order appealed from is not a final order, it is not appealable under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291.  The district court has not directed entry of final judgment as to particular claims or parties under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b), nor is the order appealable under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292.  Finally, the order is not appealable as a collateral order under Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

4
Finding no basis for appellate jurisdiction, 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.

5
DISMISSED.