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852 F.2d 566Unpublished 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NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.Charles Thomas LOCKLEAR, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.James E. JOHNSON;  William P. Rogers, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 88-6625.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted:  May 26, 1988.Decided:  July 22, 1988.

Charles Thomas Locklear, appellant pro se.
Mark Ralph Davis (Office of the Attorney General of Virginia), for appellees.
Before PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

1
Charles T. Locklear appeals the district court's denial of his request to resume consideration of his 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action, which has been stayed pending exhaustion of administrative remedies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1997e.

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. 1291.  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 arguments are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and oral argument would not significantly aid the decisional process.

5
DISMISSED.