Robert J. Zani v. Social Security Administration

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-8147
ROBERT J. ZANI,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, District Judge.
(8:08-cv-02280-DKC)
Submitted: April 16, 2009 Decided: April 23, 2009
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert J. Zani, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
Certiorari dismissed, January 11, 2010

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PER CURIAM:
Robert J. Zani seeks to appeal the district court’s
order transferring his action to the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Texas. 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 Zani seeks to
appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory
or collateral order. See Gower v. Lehman, 799 F.2d 925, 927
(4th Cir. 1986) (noting that transfers under 28 U.S.C.
§§ 1404(a), 1406(b) (2006) are interlocutory and therefore not
appealable). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. 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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