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DARLENE SCHMIDT, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

THE HONORABLE TYRONE MEDLEY, 

Respondent-Appellee. 

DARLENE SCHMIDT, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

JORDAN SCHOOL BOARD, TOM 

OWENS, BARNSON, SANDY CITY 

POLICE, 

Respondents-Appellees. 

DARLENE SCHMIDT, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF SALT 

LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICERS 

FULSON, COLLIER, BARRACLOUSA, 

BILLIES, LINDSAY, 

Respondents-Appellees. 

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ROBERT L. liOE 

Clerk CK.ER 

No. 90-4176 

(D.C. No. 90-C-566 S) 

(D. Utah) 

No. 90-4177 

(D.C. No. 90-C-647 J) 

(D. Utah) 

No. 90-4178 

(D.C. No. 90-C-565 G) 

(D. Utah) 

Appellate Case: 90-4177 Document: 010110118079 Date Filed: 06/05/1991 Page: 1 
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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before SEYMOUR, McWILLIAMS, and EBEL, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. Therefore, the case is ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

The appellant, Darlene Schmidt, has lodged three appeals 

before this court. As a threshold matter we must address her 

request that we transfer these appeals to the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Third Circuit on the ground that the Tenth 

Circuit is under the improper influence of the Church of Jesus 

Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons). We treat this as a 

motion for disqualification of this entire court from presiding 

over these instant appeals. As such, it is denied. 

In her first appeal, Schmidt v. Medley, No. 90-4176, Schmidt 

claims that the district court erred in refusing to grant her 

request for a common law writ of prohibition to prohibit a Utah 

State trial judge from presiding over a case involving a traffic 

citation given to her daughter by a police officer. The district 

court is affirmed for the reasons stated by the district court. 

In her second appeal, Schmidt v. Jordan School Board, No. 90-

4177, Schmidt claims that the district court has failed to rule on 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppal. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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her request that it intervene in a dispute between Schmidt and the 

school district concerning her contention that the school district 

discriminates against non-Mormon children. We were unable to find 

a dispositive final order entered by the district court sufficient 

to enable us to exercise jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 1291. The district court only acted twice prior to 

Schmidt's filing her notice of appeal: (1) the court granted her 

motion to proceed in forma pauperis; and (2) the court appointed a 

magistrate to preside over her case. As neither of these actions 

represents a final order for purposes of triggering our appellate 

jurisdiction, we are unable to review the merits of her underlying 

claim, 1 and accordingly we dismiss that appeal for lack of 

jurisdiction. 

Finally, in her third appeal, Schmidt v. Internal Affairs of 

Salt Lake Police Department, No. 90-4178, Schmidt claims that the 

district court erred in dismissing her complaint against the Salt 

Lake Police Department in which she requested the court to order 

the police department to correct statements written on a traffic 

citation given to her daughter. The district court is affirmed 

for the reasons stated by the district court. 

Entered for the Court 

David M. Ebel 

Circuit Judge 

1 Further, the record does not indicate that the district court 

has entered a final order since Schmidt filed her notice of 

appeal. 

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