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Whittle v. Tawes

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 5, 1965
343 F.2d 428 (4th Cir. 1965)

Opinion

No. 9746.

Argued March 5, 1965.

Decided April 5, 1965.

Hiram Whittle, appellant, pro se.

Fred Oken, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Maryland (Thomas B. Finan, Atty. Gen., of Maryland, on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, and LARKINS, District Judge.


This appeal must be dismissed for it is an attempt to have immediate review of an unappealable interlocutory order.

Hiram Whittle brought an action against the Governor of Maryland to compel him to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the plaintiff's brother, Edgar Whittle, which occurred in 1942. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss and obtained an order deferring the taking of depositions by the plaintiff pending the disposition of that motion. It is from this order that appellant appeals. This is a routine procedural step in the normal administration of the case and obviously not the type of order that may be reviewed before the final determination of the case, and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1292(a)(1), upon which the appellant relies, is inapplicable. The appeal will be

Dismissed.


Summaries of

Whittle v. Tawes

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Apr 5, 1965
343 F.2d 428 (4th Cir. 1965)
Case details for

Whittle v. Tawes

Case Details

Full title:Hiram WHITTLE, Administrator of the Estate of Edgar Whittle, Appellant, v…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Apr 5, 1965

Citations

343 F.2d 428 (4th Cir. 1965)

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