                              UNPUBLISHED

                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 00-7485



HARVEY P. SHORT,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT; CITY
OF CHARLOTTE,

                                             Defendants - Appellees,
          and


B. C. BALAMUCKI, Officer,

                                                           Defendant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Chief
District Judge. (CA-00-409)


Submitted:   March 22, 2001                 Decided:   March 28, 2001


Before WILKINS, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Harvey P. Short, Appellant Pro Se.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Harvey P. Short appeals a district court order dismissing

claims against some, but not all, defendants in Short’s 42 U.S.C.A.

§ 1983 (West Supp. 2000) action.   We dismiss the appeal for lack of

jurisdiction because the order is not appealable.    This court may

exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291

(1994), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C.

§ 1292 (1994); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.

Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).       The order here appealed is

neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral

order.

     We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. 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.




                                                          DISMISSED




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