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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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In re: BILLY L. EDWARDS, a/k//a 

William Lord Punchard, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 15-2145

(D.C. No. 2:15-CV-00631-MCA-SMV)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, HOLMES, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

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This is an appeal from a non-final order issued by the magistrate judge requiring 

the petitioner to have a licensed attorney enter an appearance on his behalf and either pay 

the full filing fee or file a proper application to proceed in forma pauperis. We dismiss 

for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

The magistrate’s decision is not directly appealable to this court. Except for 

proceedings conducted by the magistrate judge on consent of the parties pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c), a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal taken directly from 

a decision of a magistrate judge. See Colorado Building & Construction Trade Council v. 

B.B. Andersen Construction Co., 879 F.2d 809 (10th Cir. 1989).

Moreover, no final decision has been entered by the district court and the matter is 

still proceeding there. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291. A final decision is one that disposes of all

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 18, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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issues on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment. Van 

Cauwenberghe v. Biard, 486 U.S. 517, 521 (1988). 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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