Clifton Donell Lyles v. Governor Henry McMaster

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-7229
CLIFTON DONELL LYLES,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER; DIRECTOR BRIAN STIRLING; WARDEN
DONNIE STONEBREAKER; WARDEN KENNETH SHARPE; ASSOCIATE
WARDEN RICHARD CHVALA; ASSOCIATE WARDEN BRIGHTHARP;
MAJOR MEEKS,
Defendants - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Florence.
Sherri A. Lydon, District Judge. (4:22-cv-03572-SAL-TER)
Submitted: April 11, 2024 Decided: April 16, 2024
Before AGEE and QUATTLEBAUM, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Clifton Donell Lyles, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Lindemann, LINDEMANN LAW FIRM,
P.A., Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Clifton Donell Lyles seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the
magistrate judge’s recommendation, denying Lyles’ motion to appoint counsel, and
dismissing some, but not all, of the claims Lyles raised in his complaint. This court may
exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and certain interlocutory and
collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan
Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46 (1949). The order Lyles seeks to appeal is neither a final
order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we grant Appellees’
motion to dismiss and 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED

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