In Re Watson

JOHNSON, Judge.

Neither party presents the issue to this Court, but as a threshold jurisdictional question we must determine whether Judge Seay’s order is presently appealable. State v. School, 299 N.C. 351, 261 S.E. 2d 908, aff’d on rehearing, 299 N.C. 731, 265 S.E. 2d 387 (per curiam), appeal dismissed 449 U.S. 807, 101 S.Ct. 55, 66 L.Ed. 11 (1980). For the reasons set out below we conclude that it is not.

The order entered by the clerk was within his authority. The clerk is authorized to “[o]pen, vacate, modify, set aside, or enter as of a former time, decrees or orders of his court.” G.S.…