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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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ROBERT J. CLASEN, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, 

INC.; THOMAS F. PANZA, General 

Legal Counsel, Nova Southeastern 

University, Inc., in his individual capacity; 

GEORGE HANBURY, II, President and 

CEO, Southeastern University, Inc., in his 

official capacity; JOHN KOSKINEN, 

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, 

in his official capacity, 

 Defendants - Appellees. 

No. 16-1312 

(D.C. No. 1:16-CV-00558-RM-KLM) 

(D. Colo.) 

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ORDER

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Before KELLY, HOLMES, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. 

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

Plaintiff Robert Clasen’s appeal from the district court’s denial of his motions for entry of 

default, default judgment, and referral to the “DOJ and Miami FBI.” 

Except in certain limited circumstances that are not present here, this court’s 

appellate jurisdiction is limited to review of final decisions. 28 U.S.C. § 1291; see also 

United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683, 690-92 (1974); Albright v. Unum Life Ins. Co., 59 

F.3d 1089, 1092 (10th Cir. 1995). A final decision is one that “ends the litigation on the 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

August 4, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute judgment.” Cunningham v. 

Hamilton Cnty., Ohio, 527 U.S. 198, 204 (1999) (internal quotations omitted). 

The case is ongoing in district court. The district court’s order denying Mr. 

Clasen’s motions was not a final decision. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court 

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk 

by: Jane K. Castro 

 Counsel to the Clerk 

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