William Whittman v. Mercedes Benz Financial Services USA LLC

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-1608
WILLIAM WHITTMAN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
MERCEDES BENZ FINANCIAL SERVICES USA LLC; UNITED AUTO CARE,
INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR INSURANCE COMPANY; TOYOTA INSURANCE
MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS USA, LLC; TOYOTA MOTOR INSURANCE
SERVICES, INC.; PAG CHANTILLY M1 LLC, d/b/a Mercedes-Benz of
Chantilly; PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.; BERT O’NEAL,
Defendants - Appellees,
and
TOYOTA FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION,
Defendant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore.
Julie R. Rubin, District Judge. (1:21-cv-03156-JRR)
Submitted: November 17, 2022 Decided: November 22, 2022
Before KING, QUATTLEBAUM, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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William Whittman, Appellant Pro Se. Jessica Lynn Farmer, HOLLAND & KNIGHT,
LLP, Washington, D.C.; James Leslie Hoyle, Richmond, Virginia, Robert Edward Worst,
KALBAUGH, PFUND & MESSERSMITH, P.C., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
William Whittman seeks to appeal the district court’s order compelling arbitration
and the court’s order denying his motion to reconsider the arbitration order. 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 Whittman seeks to appeal is neither
a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we grant the
motion to dismiss as interlocutory 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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