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479 F. App'x 508

Roberts v. Warden

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided October 2, 2012

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2012-10-02

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.

Decided 2012-10-02

¶1Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

¶2Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

¶3Robert Roberts seeks to appeal the district court’s order construing his filing as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition and dismissing it, without prejudice, because the issues raised therein are adequately presented in Roberts’ original § 2254 petition, which is currently pending in the district court. This court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); 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 order Roberts seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. Accordingly, we deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

¶4DISMISSED.

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