SHUMAKE v. VIRGINIA (2019)

Daryll Keith Shumake seeks to appeal the district court's orders directing him to file an amended 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition on the court's standardized form and denying his motions to appoint counsel. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2012), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2012); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 545-46, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949). The orders that Shumake seeks to appeal are neither final orders nor appealable interlocutory or collateral orders. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, deny the pending motions, dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, and remand to the district court with instructions to allow Shumake another opportunity to file the amended § 2254 petition as directed. 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 AND REMANDED

PER CURIAM:

Dismissed and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.