United States of America v. Okang Kareem Rochelle

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-8057
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
OKANG KAREEM ROCHELLE,
Defendant – Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Durham. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr.,
District Judge. (1:05-cr-00112-UA-1)
Submitted: February 17, 2009 Decided: March 9, 2009
Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Okang Kareem Rochelle, Appellant Pro Se. Anand P. Ramaswamy,
Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Okang Kareem Rochelle seeks to appeal the district
court’s order granting his request for new counsel, and the
court’s finding that he is competent to stand trial. 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
Rochelle 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 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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