Court Opinion

ID: 4700935
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Date Created: 2021-07-02 19:03:18.595013+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                         No. 21-6008

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                    Plaintiff - Appellee,

             v.

MICHAEL C. HILLIARD,

                    Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
Richmond. Elizabeth W. Hanes, Magistrate Judge. (3:17-cr-00044-HEH-EWH-1)

Submitted: June 29, 2021                                          Decided: July 2, 2021

Before HARRIS, RICHARDSON, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Michael C. Hilliard, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

       Michael C. Hilliard seeks to appeal from the magistrate judge’s order denying his

motion to appoint counsel in his underlying 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. This court may

exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and

collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan

Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Hilliard seeks to appeal is neither a final

order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we 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 this court and argument would

not aid the decisional process.

                                                                               DISMISSED

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