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Parties Involved:
Earl Crownhart
Appellant
Larry Reid
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 20, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

EARL CROWNHART,

 Petitioner - Appellant,

 v. 

LARRY REID, Warden,

 Respondent - Appellee.

No. 08-1285

(D.C. No. 1:08-CV-00692-MSK-KLM)

ORDER

Before TACHA, KELLY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because no final or appealable

order has been entered by the district court and because this court may not hear an

appeal taken directly from a magistrate judge’s order unless the parties have

consented to proceed before a magistrate.

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

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

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Moreover, 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 an order of a magistrate judge. See

Colorado Building & Construction Trade Council v. B.B. Andersen Construction

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

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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