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FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

March 29, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

 

PAMELA ANN KRIEL, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

KEITH JUDKINS, Individually; DAN

A. ERWIN, Individually; CINDY

KIRBY, Individually and as Clerk of

the District Court of the Twenty-Third

Judicial District within and for

Lincoln County Oklahoma; PAUL M.

VASSAR, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 10-6041

(D.C. No. 5:10-CV-00068-D)

(W.D. Okla.)

ORDER

Before TACHA, MURPHY, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal.

The appellant, Ms. Kriel, is appealing from the district court’s order

remanding a case to state court, based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 

Remands that are based upon lack of subject matter jurisdiction or a defect in the

removal procedure are not appealable. See 28 U.S.C. § 1447 (d); Quackenbush v.

Allstate Ins. Co., 517 U.S. 706, 712 (1996). See also Powerex Corp v. Reliant

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Energy Services, Inc., 551 U.S. 224, 234 (2007) (“We hold that when, as here, the

District Court relied upon a ground that is colorably characterized as subjectmatter jurisdiction, appellate review is barred by § 1447 (d).”) The exceptions

found in 28 U.S.C. § 1443 are inapplicable here. Under § 1443 (1), the rights

protected must arise under federal laws which specifically protect civil rights and

are cast in terms of racial equality. Miller v. Lambeth, 443 F. 3d 757, 761-62

(10th Cir. 2006). The exception provided by § 1443 (2) is also inapplicable

because Ms. Kriel does not allege that “[s]he has been a federal officer or agent,

[or] that [s]he has been acting with or for one.” Miller at 761. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH SHUMAKER, Clerk of Court

by:

Christine Van Coney

Counsel to the Clerk

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