United States of America v. Dean Paul Stitz

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-6664
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
DEAN PAUL STITZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
Charlotte. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., District Judge. (3:16-cr-00083-RJC-DCK-1)
Submitted: October 13, 2022 Decided: October 18, 2022
Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dean Paul Stitz, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Dean Paul Stitz seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his motion for
appointment of counsel to assist him with his pending motion for compassionate release
under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A). He also seeks to appeal the district court’s order
dismissing his motion for reconsideration. 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 orders Stitz seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor appealable
interlocutory or collateral orders. See Miller v. Simmons, 814 F.2d 962, 967 (4th Cir. 1987).
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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
∗ To the extent Stitz complains about undue delay by the district court in ruling on
his motion for compassionate release, this appeal is not the appropriate vehicle to lodge
such a complaint.

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