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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tend~ C:frcuic 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

ESTEL LEON MOZEE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

STEVEN KUPLEN and BER-KUP, INC., 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

AUG 11 1989 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 89-3054 

(D.C. No. 87-2359-S) 

( D. Kan.) 

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and MOORE, Circuit Judge. 

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. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

This is an appeal from an order of the district court 

granting defendants-appellees' motion to vacate a default 

judgment. The matter is before the court on defendants' motion to 

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction and 

plaintiff-appellant's motion for stay pending appeal. 

* 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 estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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We conclude that the order appealed from was not a final 

judgment within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Further, the 

order is not within any of the recognized exceptions to the final 

judgment rule necessary for immediate appellate review. 

Accordingly, the motion to dismiss for lack of appellate 

jurisdiction is granted. The motion for stay is denied as moot. 

Defendants seek an award of attorney's fees under 10th Cir. 

R. 46.5. While we find the appeal unmeritorious, we do not find 

it frivolous, and hence, we deny defendants' request for 

attorney's fees. 

Appeal DISMISSED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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