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Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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PUBLIC MINISTER WILLIAM LORD 

PUNCHARD, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

DEMING CITY MUNICIPAL COURT; 

DEMING CITY MUNICIPAL JUDGE 

FRANK M. VAN GUNDY; STATE OF 

NEW MEXICO; GOVERNOR BILL 

RICHARDSON; UNITED STATES 

GOVERNMENT; U.S. CIRCUIT COURT 

OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH 

CIRCUIT; JUDGE TERRENCE L. 

O'BRIEN; JUDGE HENRY; JUSTICE 

BRISCOE; PRESIDENT GEORGE W. 

BUSH, President, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-2202

(D.C. No. 6:07-CV-00589-MV-KBM)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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Before KELLY, HARTZ, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

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This is an appeal from an order issued by the magistrate judge striking the 

plaintiff’s pleading. We dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

The magistrate’s decision is not directly appealable to this court. Except for 

proceedings conducted by the magistrate judge on consent of the parties pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c), a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal taken directly from 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 6, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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a decision of a magistrate judge. See Colorado Building & Construction Trade Council v. 

B.B. Andersen Construction Co., 879 F.2d 809 (10th Cir. 1989).

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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