Legal Opinion
Vernon C. Weygandt v. Donald Look, Superintendent, and the Attorney General for the State of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1983No. 82-3197PublishedCited by 1,975 opinions
1Per curiam
Weygandt appeals an interlocutory order denying his motion for appointment of counsel to represent him in the prosecution of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.
Title 28 U.S.C. § 1291 vests the courts of appeals with appellate jurisdiction over “all final decisions of the district courts.” Generally, the statute is limited to decisions ending the litigation on the merits. See Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233, 65 S.Ct. 631, 633, 89 L.Ed. 911 (1945). However, in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 546, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 1225,…
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