Melanie L. Fein v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 1949 . The

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-1284
MELANIE L. FEIN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
AMERICAN LAWYER MEDIA, INCORPORATED; NEW YORK
LAW PUBLISHING COMPANY,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District
Judge. (CA-00-1832-A)
Submitted: April 12, 2001 Decided: April 18, 2001
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Melanie L. Fein, Appellant Pro Se. Lorin L. Reisner, DEBEVOISE &
PLIMPTON, New York, New York, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Melanie Fein appeals the district court’s order dismissing one
of several claims and refusing her request for punitive damages in
this action alleging breach of contract, fraud, and other wrongs.
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 (1994), and certain interlocutory
and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (1994); 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.
We grant Appellees’ motion to dismiss the appeal as inter-
locutory. 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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