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United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
2d 1064
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
North Carolina, at New Bern. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (CA-91118-4-BO)
William V. Smith, Appellant Pro Se.
Thomas Philip Swaim, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
E.D.N.C.
DISMISSED.
Before HALL, WILKINSON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
OPINION
1
William V. Smith appeals from the district court's order granting the
Government's motion to strike his claim and answer in a civil forfeiture
proceeding brought by the Government pursuant to 21 U.S.C.A. 881(a)(6),
(a)(7) (West 1981 & Supp. 1993). 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 (1988), and certain
interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. 1292 (1988); 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.