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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 

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FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

July 16, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

ERNEST WEST,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. 

CAPTAIN SCOTT, Sterling Corrections;

JOANN STOCK, Sterling Medical; MR.

ESTEP, CMRC Director; MR.

YOUNGBLOOD; MR. YEATON, Unit

Manager CMRC; MS. CALLWELL,

CMRC Medical,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 10-1136

(D.C. No. 1:09-CV-01268-MSK-KLM)

(D. Colo.)

ORDER

Before MURPHY, GORSUCH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is before the court based on a show cause order challenging appellate

jurisdiction and directing the parties to obtain a district court order either granting

certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) as to the March 29, 2010 Order appealed by Plaintiff

Ernest West or explicitly adjudicating the remaining First Amendment retaliation claim

against Defendant Matthew Yeaton and the remaining Eighth Amendment claim against

Defendant April Caldwell. See Stockman's Water Company, LLC v. Vaca Partners, L.P.,

425 F.3d 1263, 1265 (10th Cir. 2005); Lewis v. B. F. Goodrich Co., 850 F.2d 641, 645-46

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(10th Cir. 1988).

This court lacks jurisdiction. The parties did not move in the district court for a Rule

54(b) certification or final order and did not file anything in this court explaining their failure

to do so. Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants Yeaton and Caldwell remain unresolved in

the district court. Consequently, the March 29, 2010 Order appealed by Plaintiff is

interlocutory and not immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or under any

recognized exception to the final judgment rule. 

Appellees’ motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The appeal is DISMISSED for lack

of appellate jurisdiction. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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