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Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

May 19, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

 

CLAYTON B. PHILLIPS,

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

ROBERT STEINBECK, Lieutenant for

the Colorado Dept. of Corrections,

Individually and in his Official

Capacity; TIMOTHY RITTER,

Lieutenant for the Colorado Dept. of

Corrections, Individually and in his

Official Capacity, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 08-1176

(D.C. No. 1:06-CV-02569-WDM-KLM)

ORDER

Before LUCERO, TYMKOVICH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

This is an appeal from a non-final district court order. The court orders

that the appeal be dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

Mr. Phillips has filed a notice of appeal from the March 21, 2008

magistrate judge’s order denying his motion for appointment of counsel. 

“Federal appellate jurisdiction generally depends on the existence of a

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decision by the District Court that ‘ends the litigation on the merits and leaves

nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.’” Federal Deposit Insurance

Corp. v. McGlamery, 74 F.3d 218, 221 (10th Cir. 1996) (quoting Coopers &

Lybrand v. Livesay, 437 U.S. 463, 467 (1978)). 

The order being appealed does not constitute a final or immediately

appealable decision under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or any recognized exception to the

final judgment rule. See Cotner v. Mason, 657 F. 2d 1390 (10th Cir. 1981)(order

denying motion for appointment of counsel in civil action was not immediately

appealable). In addition, the order being appealed is a magistrate judge’s order,

not directly appealable to this court. See Colorado Bldg. & Const. Trades

Council v. B. B. Andersen Const. Co., 879 F.2d 809, 811 (10th Cir. 1989). ([A]

magistrate is not authorized to render final appealable decisions within the

meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1291, absent both designation by the district court and

consent of the parties under 28 U.S. C. § 636 (c). . . . ”).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH SHUMAKER, Clerk of Court

by:

Christine Van Coney

Counsel to the Clerk

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