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Parties Involved:
Margaret Ethel Linnell
Appellant
Victor Peter
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 10, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Clerk of Court

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v. 

MARGARET ETHEL LINNELL, d/b/a 

Palomas Tax and Accounting,

 Defendant - Appellant,

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VICTOR PETER,

 Movant to Intervene - Appellant.

No. 08-2108

(D.C. No. 1:07-CR-00282-MCA-1)

ORDER

Before LUCERO, TYMKOVICH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Margaret Linnell, who is represented by counsel, filed a pro se notice of

appeal as to three orders of the district court entered on April 17, 2008. Defendant’s

criminal case is proceeding before the district court.

We conclude the court lacks appellate jurisdiction. The reasons for the final judgment

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rule are at their “strongest in the field of criminal law,” United States v. Hollywood Motor

Car Co., Inc., 458 U.S. 263, 265 (1982) (per curiam), and exceptions “in criminal cases are

rare.” See Flanagan v. United States, 465 U.S. 259, 270 (1984). The pretrial orders

appealed by Defendant Linnell are interlocutory and not immediately appealable under 28

U.S.C. § 1291 or under any recognized exception to the final judgment rule. These orders

may be appealed after entry of a final judgment by the district court in Defendant’s criminal

case.

The appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction. All pending motions

are DENIED.

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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