United States of America v. Abriel Dontea Dove

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7172
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ABRIEL DONTEA DOVE,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (4:08-cr-00040-BO-1; 4:11-cv-00034-BO)
Submitted: February 9, 2012 Decided: February 14, 2012
Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Abriel Dontea Dove, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Gordon James,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Abriel Dontea Dove seeks to appeal the district
court’s order sealing certain documents. Although Dove’s
informal brief to this court also assigns error to the district
court’s ultimate denial of relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255
(West Supp. 2011) motion, his premature notice of appeal, filed
before the district court ordered the dismissal of his motion,
fails to perfect an appeal of that order. In re Bryson, 406
F.3d 284, 287-89 (4th Cir. 2005).
Furthermore, 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, 545-46 (1949). The district court’s order sealing
certain documents 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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