Opinion
No. 17-2354
02-16-2018
SANTANA CLINE, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. HSBC BANK USA, N.A.; REISENFELD & ASSOCIATES; CHRISTOPHER DAWSON, Defendants - Appellees.
Santana Cline, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Michael Williamson, BLANK ROME LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gregory Alan Stout, REISENFELD & ASSOCIATES LPA LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Huntington. Robert C. Chambers, District Judge. (3:17-cv-02975) Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Santana Cline, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Michael Williamson, BLANK ROME LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gregory Alan Stout, REISENFELD & ASSOCIATES LPA LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Santana Cline seeks to appeal the district court's order adopting the magistrate judge's recommendation to deny Cline's motion for default judgment and to grant the motion of HSBC Bank USA, N.A., in opposition to the entry of 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, 545-46 (1949). The order Cline seeks to appeal is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order. See Adult Film Ass'n of Am., Inc. v. Thetford, 776 F.2d 113, 115 (5th Cir. 1985) (order denying default judgment); Parks v. Collins, 761 F.2d 1101, 1104 (5th Cir. 1985) (order granting motion to set aside entry of default). 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