Court Opinion

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89 F.3d 829
NOTICE: Fourth Circuit Local Rule 36(c) states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Ronald Jerry SAWYER, Plaintiff--Appellant,v.G.D. JOHNSON, Major;  B.F. Ferguson, Captain;  OfficerCatron;  J. Russell, Jr., Correctional Officer;  David R.Boehm, Program Director;  K.L. Osborne, Warden;Correctional Officer Stamper;  Correctional Officer Connors;Ron Angelone;  Kenneth Moore, Internal Affairs;  R.A.Young, Defendants--Appellees.
No. 96-6474.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 20, 1996.Decided July 2, 1996.

Ronald Jerry Sawyer, Appellant Pro Se.  Mark Ralph Davis, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.
Before HALL, WILKINS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:

1
Appellant appeals from the district court's order denying his motion for default judgment.   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 (1988), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1988);  Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b);  Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.   Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).   The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

2
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.

DISMISSED