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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-2605

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Joel H. Wetzel

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

Daniel Brown; Brian Koskovich; Jeremy Moser; Corey Lee

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees

William A. Herauf; Thomas Henning; James Hope; Kevin McCabe; Chuck

Rummel; Clarence Tuhy; David Wallace; Terry Oesterich; S. A. Helfrich; Joe

Cianni; Criss Coats; David Wilke; Nick Gates

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants

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 Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck

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 Submitted: November 21, 2014

Filed: January 5, 2015

[Unpublished] 

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Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Appellate Case: 14-2605 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/05/2015 Entry ID: 4230976 
State inmate Joel Wetzel appeals the magistrate judge’s order denying

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Wetzel’s motion (1) to reconsider the denial of his motion to compel discovery and

(2) for a hearing. The designated order, however, was issued by a magistrate judge,

the parties did not consent to proceed before a magistrate judge, and Wetzel did not

first seek review by the district court. Accordingly, this matter is not properly before

us. See LeGear v. Thalacker, 46 F.3d 36, 36-37 (8th Cir. 1995) (per curiam). In so

holding, we of course do not suggest that the order denying the motion would have

been appealable had it been reviewed by the district court. The appeal is dismissed.

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The Honorable Charles S. Miller, Jr., United States Magistrate Judge for the

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District of North Dakota.

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Appellate Case: 14-2605 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/05/2015 Entry ID: 4230976