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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

MICHAEL L. BUESGENS, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

DOUGLAS G. HOUSER; SCOTT

GOERES GALLOWAY; ARNOLD

CARL TAUCH, Owner, Falcon Group;

JACK C. MOSS, Registered Agent,

Falcon Group; KYLE D. TAUCH,

Partner, Falcon Group; FALCON

GROUP; DEBRA WEHMEIER, Vice

President, Riverstone Residential SC,

LLC; GARY KEN OLDHAM, Partner,

Riverstone Residential SC, LLC;

ROBERT A. FAITH, President,

Riverstone Residential SC, LLC;

CHRISTINE C. FREELAND,

Director, Riverstone Residential SC,

LLC; RIVERSTONE RESIDENTIAL

SC, LLC; CHARLES EADS BROWN,

Armbrust & Brown, LLP; DAVID B.

ARMBRUST, Respondeat Superior,

Armbrust & Brown, LLP; GREGORY

S. CAGLE, Armbrust & Brown, LLP;

ARMBRUST & BROWN, LLP;

DUNHAM JEWETT, Respondeat

Superior, Crady, Jewett & McCulley,

LLP; SHELLEY BUSH MARMON,

Crady, Jewett & McCulley, LLP;

CRADY, JEWETT & MCCULLEY,

LLP; JOSEPH ROSSER; EDWARD

CURRY; BRUCE ELFANT; FELIX

TARANGO; CHESTER E. BEAVER;

R. BARRY ROBINSON, AUSA;

TONY BROWN, AUSA; 

No. 07-3236

(D. C. No. 07-CV-2116-CM)

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MARC ERIC MALINGER, Attorney;

WILLIAM KENNEDY CRONE,

Agent; DENISE LOUISE BLACK,

Agent; LEAF WALKER, Claims; JAY

LAWRENCE VATH, Investigator;

STATE FARM INSURANCE

COMPANY; STATE FARM

LLOYDS; TENANT-RENTERS

POLICY 83-LV-05-78-9; JOHN

NEAL, Director, Chief Disciplinary

Counsel, State Bar of Texas; JAMES

MANSOUR, Chairman; MEGAN M.

GOERES, Human Relations

Manager-EEO; ANDREW KEVER,

Attorney; TRACY CAPE, Director;

KAY STROMAN, Vice President;

GRANDE COMMUNICATIONS;

KIM KENDRICK, Assistant Secretary,

HUD-FHEO-FHAP; MILTON

TURNER, Director; MININKA

CULPEPPER, Attorney; LINDA G.

KATZ, Attorney; JOHN A.

BENAVIDES, Investigator; ALLEN

HILL, Director of Human Relations,

UPS, Atlanta, Georgia; KERI

MCTIGUE, General Counsel, UPS,

Atlanta, Georgia; LEROY HANCUFF,

Manager, Human Relations, UPS,

Portland, Oregon; ANDIRUH

SARWAL, Grantor, Grande

Communications; RYAN GOERES;

PATRICIA GOERES GALLOWAY;

SAMANTHA SHEPPARD, Greystar-G

Rep; JACK FRITTS, Family Manager;

MANDY ROGERS, Family Manager;

AMANDA WILSON-TORRES,

Family Manager; LEEANN BEHL,

Family Manager; CHARLES H.

GORHAM, Administrator, Fair

Housing Office, City of Austin, Texas;

ANN MORGAN, Assistant Attorney,

City of Austin, Texas; 

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GARRY SWEENY, Region IV

Director-HUD-FHEO-FHAP, Fort

Worth, Texas; JOSEPH F.

CASTILLO, Director, Field Office,

San Antonio, Texas; HERBERT

EVANS, Judge, Travis County;

MELISSA Y. GOODWIN; HARRIET

M. MURPHY; J. DAVID PHILLIPS;

ROBERT PEMBERTON; MAUREEN

RAY, Attorney; JOHN M.

RICHARDS, Investigator; EARL

LEROY, III, United States District

Judge; SAM SPARKS, United States

District Judge; ROBERT L. PITMAN,

Magistrate Judge, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

ORDER

Filed September 12, 2007

Before HENRY, O’BRIEN, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.

On July 16, 2007, the district court entered a minute order in which the judge

assigned to Plaintiff’s case recused herself and a new judge was assigned. Plaintiff,

proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 3(c). 

This appeal is jurisdictionally defective. “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. Liversay, 437 U.S. 463, 467

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(1978)). Furthermore, only a “small class” of orders qualify as immediately

appealable collateral orders. See Will v. Hallock, 546 U.S.345, 350 (2006). 

The minute order appealed by Plaintiff is not final or immediately appealable

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or under any recognized exception to the final judgment

rule. A review of the docket reveals that final judgment has not been entered by the

district court in Plaintiff’s action. The minute order may be appealed upon entry of

final judgment.

This 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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