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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

BIGLER JOBE STOUFFER, II,

Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

MARTY SIRMONS, Warden,

Oklahoma State Penitentiary,

Respondent - Appellee.

No. 07-6303

(D.C. No. 07-CV-1312-C)

(W.D. Okla.)

ORDER

Filed January 4, 2008

Before TACHA, BRISCOE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because the order being

appealed is not final or otherwise immediately appealable. 

The plaintiff appeals an order of the district court denying his request to

proceed pro se. The matter is on-going in the district court.

This court has jurisdiction to review only final decisions, 28 U.S.C. § 1291,

and specific types of interlocutory orders not applicable here. A final decision is

one that “‘ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do

but execute the judgment.’” Cunningham v. Hamilton County, 527 U.S. 198, 204

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(1999) (quoting Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard, 486 U.S. 517, 521-22 (1988)). The

district court’s order may be appealed after the entry of final judgment. See, e.g.,

United States v. McKinley, 58 F.3d 1475 (10th Cir. 1995) (on appeal from final

judgment, reversing the district court’s decision denying the defendant’s right to

proceed pro se).

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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