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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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CLAYTON ANDREW SCHWERS, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE; RICHARD 

BERRY, Mayor; RAYMOND SCHULTZ, 

Former Chief of Police, APD; CHRIS 

KERLIN, APD Officer; JOHN MINGS, 

APD Officer, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 16-2123 

(D.C. No. 1:15-CV-00237-RB-WPL) 

(D. N.M.) 

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ORDER

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Before HARTZ, GORSUCH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. 

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. Clayton Schwers seeks to appeal several discovery orders entered by a 

magistrate judge and the district court’s order denying his motion to strike one of the 

defendants’ pleadings. 

An order entered by a magistrate judge is not directly appealable to this court 

unless the magistrate judge was proceeding upon designation of a district judge and with 

the consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). See Phillips v. Beierwaltes, 466 

F.3d 1217, 1221-22 (10th Cir. 2006). Moreover, except in certain limited circumstances 

that are not present here, this court’s appellate jurisdiction is limited to review of final 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

June 22, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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decisions. 28 U.S.C. § 1291. A final decision is one that “ends the litigation on the 

merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute judgment.” Cunningham v. 

Hamilton Cnty., Ohio, 527 U.S. 198, 204 (1999) (internal quotations omitted). 

In this case, Schwers is still litigating his claims against the officer defendants. 

The magistrate judge was not proceeding with consent of the parties and the district court 

has not entered a final appealable order. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court 

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk 

by: Jane K. Castro 

 Counsel to the Clerk 

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