United States of America v. Jay E. Lentz

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-6159
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
JAY E. LENTZ,
Defendant – Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T. S. Ellis, III, Senior
District Judge. (1:01-cr-00150-TSE-1)
Submitted: August 20, 2009 Decided: September 2, 2009
Before MICHAEL, MOTZ, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jay E. Lentz, Appellant Pro Se. Patricia Marie Haynes, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Erik R. Barnett, Assistant United
States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jay Lentz seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying his motion for appointment of counsel and his motion for
appointment of an investigator. This court may exercise
jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006),
and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C.
§ 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.
Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order Lentz 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 deny as moot Lentz’s motion to hold
the case in abeyance. 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

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