Court Opinion

ID: 8429770
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 05:42:47.081376+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:35.352404
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM:
James G. Armistead seeks to appeal the magistrate judge’s report and recommendation to deny his petition for habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2000); 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 report and recommendation of the magistrate judge 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED