Michael J. Hale, d/b/a Data Base Technologies v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 1949 . The

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 06-1727
MICHAEL J. HALE, d/b/a Data Base Technologies,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
BELTON ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:06-cv-00099-GBL)
Submitted: March 2, 2007 Decided: March 12, 2007
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John P. Forest, II, STAHL, FOREST & ZELLOE, P.C., Fairfax,
Virginia, for Appellant. Aleksander Lamvol, SHEPPARD MULLIN
RICHTER & HAMPTON, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Michael J. Hale seeks to appeal the district court’s
order granting Defendant’s motion to dismiss in part and denying it
in part. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final
orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2000), and certain interlocutory and
collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b);
Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The
order Hale 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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