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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JOSE MEDINA ESCOBAR, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

L REID; K COOPER; E. CELLA; T

HAUCKS; E PERRY; D GALLAGHER;

BINDER, Sgt.; VALDEZ, C/O; J

BROWN; J SIMS; E DICLUSION; E

MORA; A LUNA; R WENCL; J

WERMERS; R OLIVETT;

JACKSON, C/O; L MONTOYA;

PAULINO, Lt.; RAYMOND, C/O; D

SMITH, Sgt.; WILLIAMS, C/O;

BALL, C/O; CONWAY, Lieutenant; DE

SANTOS; MIKLICH, Captain; LT

MATHEWS; OATES, Sgt.;

COLTON, C/O; HAMULA, C/O;

WOOLFOLK, C/O; CRANEY, Dr.;

NURSE RITA, and Two John Doe(s), 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 07-1500

 (D.C. No. 06-cv-1222-EWN-KLM)

ORDER

Filed December 4, 2007

Before BRISCOE, MURPHY, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because the order being appealed is

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not final or otherwise immediately appealable.

Plaintiff Jose Medina Escobar appeals an order entered by the magistrate judge

denying his motion for reconsideration of the magistrate judge’s earlier order denying his

motion for appointment of counsel.

This court has jurisdiction to review only final decisions, 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and

specific types of interlocutory orders not applicable here. A final decision is one that

disposes of all issues on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the

judgment. Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 712 (1996). As an initial

matter, orders entered by magistrate judges and not acted upon by the district court are

generally not final and appealable. See Phillips v. Beierwaltes, 466 F.3d 1217, 1222

(10th Cir. 2006).

More importantly, however, an order denying an appointment of counsel is not a

final decision or otherwise immediately appealable as of right, even when issued by a

district judge. Cotner v. Mason, 657 F.2d 1390, 1392 (10th Cir. 1981).

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

Counsel to the Clerk

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