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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing an appeal from Donald Van Meter. The court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order Van Meter sought to appeal, a magistrate judge's order granting a motion to set aside default judgment, was not a final order or otherwise appealable. As such, the Fourth Circuit did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal.

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    Filed: 2015-04-20 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Docket: 14-2298

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing an appeal from Donald Van Meter. The court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order Van Meter sought to appeal, a magistrate judge's order granting a motion to set aside default judgment, was not a final order or otherwise appealable. As such, the Fourth Circuit did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissing an appeal from Donald Van Meter. The court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order Van Meter sought to appeal, a magistrate judge's order granting a motion to set aside default judgment, was not a final order or otherwise appealable. As such, the Fourth Circuit did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 14-2298

    DONALD VAN METER,


    Plaintiff - Appellant,
    v.
    JM & LF INC., d/b/a Action Automotive,
    Defendant - Appellee.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
    Theresa C. Buchanan,
    Magistrate Judge. (1:14-cv-01074-LMB-TCB)

    Submitted:

    April 16, 2015

    Decided:

    April 20, 2015

    Before AGEE and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior


    Circuit Judge.

    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Donald Van Meter, Appellant Pro


    Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee.

    Se.

    William

    Edward

    Hassan,

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

    PER CURIAM:
    Donald Van Meter seeks to appeal the magistrate judges
    order

    granting

    judgment.

    the

    Defendants

    motion

    to

    set

    aside

    default

    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, 54546 (1949).

    The order Van Meter seeks to appeal is neither a

    final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.


    Nor could it have been certified for immediate appealability
    under Rule 54(b).

    In re Bryson, 406 F.3d 284, 287-88 (4th Cir.

    2005); Equip. Fin. Grp., Inc. v. Traverse Computer Brokers, 973


    F.2d 345, 347-48 (4th Cir. 1992).
    appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

    Accordingly, we dismiss the


    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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