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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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JAN B. HAMILTON, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JAMES B. BOYD, Judge; PAUL 

METZGER, Judge; ERIN ELY, Judge; 

JOHN PETOSKY, Judge; DENISE 

LYNCH, Judge; FRANK PLAUT, Judge; 

DON BIRD, Jailer; SARAH ROUSH, 

Asst. Jailer; LEE LEIBMANN; BEVERLY 

CAMPBELL; DEBORAH KENDRICKS; 

FIERRA KEANNIAN; BEN LEGALL; 

NICHOLAS FIERRA; MATT 

FORESTER; JOE DISOLVA; JON 

PEACOCK; COUNTY 

COMMISSIONERS; RICHARD PRYOR; 

BILL LINN; JEFF FAIN; DAN DAVIS; 

MIKE TRACEY; LINDA CONSUEGRA; 

CHIP SEAMAN; KURT WHEATLY; 

ADAM LONDON; JIM CROWLEY; 

LEON MURRAY; JIM TRUE, City Atty.; 

LAURA KOENIG; TINA FANG; MATT 

MORRIS; SHERRY CALOIA, D.A.; 

PETER BEYEL; MICHAEL JACKSON; 

ARNOLD MORDKIM; MARTIN 

BEESON; JOE KRAEBACHER; SARA 

OATES; LEONARD OATES; LAWSON 

WELLS; TOM SMITH; JOHN STEVEN 

JOHNSTON; TOM MCCABE; CINDY 

TUCKER-DAVIS; CINDY CHRISTIAN; 

JOANNA GREEN; GAIL KING, M.D.; 

STEVE BARWICK; MIKE IRELAND; 

BECKY AYERS; STEVE WOODROW; 

DEREK BROWN; DAN BOSKO; 

BRUNHILDA SCHOFFLER; BILL 

HODGES; BOARD OF ELDERS 1ST 

No. 15-1401

(D.C. No. 1:15-CV-01107-CBS)

(D. Colo.)

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

November 3, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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BAPTIST CHURCH, past and present; 

BOARD OF ELDERS CROSS ROADS 

CHURCH, past and present Aspen; 

VESTRY CHRIST EPISCOPAL 

CHURCH; VESTRY OF ST. PETER'S 

EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BASALT; 

BISHOP & STAFF DIOSES OF 

COLORADO; ROB MCNIELL; 

JONATHAN BRICE; SHARA BRICE; 

SHIRLEY TIPTON; PETER 

WAANDERS; JENNIFER CAUSING; 

NICKOLAS VEESSEY; 

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL, Aspen 

Chapel; CATHERINE ANN PROVINE; 

RECTOR OF ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL 

CHURCH, Basalt; KATHARINE 

JEFFERTS SHERRITS, New York, U.S. 

Dioces; EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE 

UNITED STATES; BETH 

KRUELWITCH; MIKE NICKERSON, 

Aspen Community Church, Aspen; 

ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL, 

COMMUNITY METHODIST, Aspen; 

MIKE JAHN; DON BIRD; FONDA 

PATTERSON; BLANCA O'LEARY; 

PAUL CHESTER; RALPH MELVILLE; 

MARIAN MELVILLE; CRAIG 

MELVILLE; EMPLOYEES OF THE 

MOUNTAIN CHALET; CARL 

BERGMAN; ALL EMPLOYEES OF 

CARI'S PHARMACY; KATIE 

BERGMAN; ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE 

MINER'S BUILDING; BETTY 

CIPRIANO; PAM FISHER; JOHN 

FISHER; JILL WESTERLIND; DON 

WESTERLIND; DAVID MASON; RICK 

BORCHVEC; LINDA DAVIS; DOUG 

ROVERA, M.D., Oncologist; KIM 

SCHEUER; DEWAYNE NEIBER; 

PAULA NIRCHEL; CONSPIRATOR OF 

PAUL NIRCHEL; MACI MORRISS; 

MEMBERS OF THE ELKS CLUB; 

TRUSTEES & LIFE TRUSTEES; JAMES 

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PICKUP, A.I. Atty.; RICK CARROL; 

ASPEN TIMES CORPORATE 

HEADQUARTERS, New York; 

MONTVIEW MANOR; PAT HARPER, 

Administrator Montview Manor; PAT 

MARQUIS; SOTHEBY'S INTT. REAL 

ESTATE; JENNIFER MCPHERSON; 

JONATHAN WINTERS; BOARD OF 

MEDICINE, State of Colorado; DON 

HUMPHREY; MARIA WATERS; ASPEN 

VALLEY HOSPITAL; CYNTHIA 

COFFMAN, Atty. General Colorado; TIM 

STANISTWSKI, FBI, Glenwood Springs, 

CO; JIM COYLE; WILLIAM 

CAMPBELL; LEONARD LAUDER; 

ANNE WELSH MCNULTY, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, GORSUCH, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this civil rights appeal. The Appellant, Jan B. Hamilton, sent a letter to this court 

expressing her desire to appeal her six district court cases: one civil rights case and five 

habeas proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We treated her letter as a misdirected notice 

of appeal and sent it to the district court for filing in each of her six district court cases, 

resulting in six separate appeals in this court. This order addresses her appeal in the civil 

rights case. As set forth below, we conclude we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal.

Generally, this court’s appellate jurisdiction is limited to review of final decisions. 

28 U.S.C. § 1291. A final decision is one that “ends the litigation on the merits and 

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leaves nothing for the court to do but execute judgment.” Cunningham v. Hamilton Cnty., 

Ohio, 527 U.S. 198, 204 (1999) (internal quotations omitted).

In this case, Ms. Hamilton filed her notice of appeal after the magistrate judge 

below directed Ms. Hamilton to cure deficiencies in her prisoner civil rights complaint, 

but before the district court ruled on her amended complaint. Because the district court 

has not yet entered a final decision in this case, we lack jurisdiction to consider this 

appeal. Our dismissal of this appeal does not preclude Ms. Hamilton from filing a new 

notice of appeal in the district court once the district court has entered a final judgment in 

the underlying case.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Jane K. Castro

 Counsel to the Clerk

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