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Parties Involved:
Scott McLaughlin
Appellee
Bonnie Roesink
Appellee
Paul Edward Schmaltz
Appellant
Aristedes Zavaros
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 1, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

PAUL EDWARD SCHMALTZ, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

BONNIE ROESINK, District Attorney

County of Grand, State of Colorado;

ARISTEDES ZAVAROS, Executive

Director, Colorado Department of

Corrections; SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN,

Medical Doctor, Buena Vista Correctional

Facility,

 Defendants - Appellees.

 No. 08-1205

(D.C. No. 1:07-CV-2458-LTB-MEH)

(D. Colorado)

ORDER

Before TACHA, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is before the court based on a show cause order questioning appellate

jurisdiction and directing the parties to obtain a district court order either granting

certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) as to the May 27, 2008 Order appealed by Plaintiff

Paul Schmaltz or explicitly adjudicating Plaintiff’s remaining First and Fifth Amendment

claims against Defendants Aristedes Zavaros and Scott McLaughlin. See Stockman's Water

Company, LLC v. Vaca Partners, L.P., 425 F.3d 1263, 1265 (10th Cir. 2005); Lewis v. B. F.

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Goodrich Co., 850 F.2d 641, 645-46 (10th Cir. 1988).

This court lacks jurisdiction. The parties failed to move in the district court for a Rule

54(b) certification. Plaintiff’s claims against Defendant Zavaros and McLaughlin remain

unresolved. Consequently, the district court order appealed by Plaintiff is interlocutory and

not immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or under any recognized exception to

the final judgment rule. 

The appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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