Securities & Exchange Commission v. Rex Venture Group, LLC

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-2288
SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.
REX VENTURE GROUP, LLC, et al.,
Defendants,
and
JOHNNY BELSOME, et al.,
Movants - Appellants,
v.
KENNETH D. BELL, as the appointed Receiver of Rex Venture
Group, LLC, et al.,
Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen,
Senior District Judge. (3:12-cv-00519-GCM)
Submitted: April 23, 2015 Decided: April 27, 2015
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Marc R. Michaud, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellant. Irving
M. Brenner, Kenneth D. Bell, Matthew E. Orso, MCGUIREWOODS, LLP,
Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Appellants seek to appeal the district court’s order
sustaining the Trustee’s objection to Appellants’ Notice of
Attorney’s Charging Liens. This court may exercise jurisdiction
only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain
interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012);
Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp.,
337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Appellants seek 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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