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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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FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

March 14, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

 

JERRY WAYNE SMITH, 

Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

DAVID R. MCKUNE, Warden; JOHN

R. COOLING; ROBERT ARNOLD; T.

ROGERS; BILL CUMMINGS;

CHARLES SIMMONS; KANSAS

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS;

LISA MEYRICK; JANE DOES; JOHN

DOES, 

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 08-3030

(D.C. No.5:05-CV-03447-MLB-KMH)

ORDER

Before HARTZ, MCCONNELL, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

The court orders that this appeal be dismissed for lack of appellate

jurisdiction. 

Mr. Smith has filed a notice of appeal and an amended notice of appeal,

appealing from three district court orders: the order of October 10, 2007

(directing that the case proceed on the second amended complaint and overruling

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Mr. Smith’s objections to a magistrate judge’s recommendation); the order of

January 17, 2008 (dismissing Mr. Smith’s claims against the Kansas Department

of Corrections); and the order of February 5, 2008 (denying Mr. Smith’s motion

to require the defendants to advance his travel expenses).

“Federal appellate jurisdiction generally depends on the existence of a

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 three district

court orders appealed by Mr. Smith do not constitute final or immediately

appealable decisions under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or under any recognized exception

to the final judgment rule. The court notes that the district court has expressly

declined to certify its order of January 17, 2008 (dismissing Mr. Smith’s claims

against the Kansas Department of Corrections) under Rule 54(b).

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH SHUMAKER, Clerk of Court

by:

Christine Van Coney

Counsel to the Clerk

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