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Parties Involved:
Cody Austin
Appellee
Christopher James Castillo
Appellant
Las Cruces Police Department
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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CHRISTOPHER JAMES CASTILLO, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant.

v.

LAS CRUCES POLICE DEPARTMENT; 

CODY AUSTIN,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-2108

(D.C. No. 1:14-CV-00407-MV-KK)

(D. N.M.)

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ORDER

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By order entered July 27, 2015, this court ordered the appellant to show cause as 

to why the appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. The court identified 

three grounds that we believed showed why this court lacked jurisdiction to consider the 

appeal: lack of a final judgment, untimely notice of appeal, and failure to seek review by 

the district judge of the magistrate judge’s order being appealed. The appellant submitted 

a short letter that we construed a motion for extension of time to file a response. The 

appellant submitted another short letter that discussed his prison conditions, but failed to 

address all three grounds we identified as reasons to dismiss this appeal for lack of 

jurisdiction. 

We had previously warned the appellant that failure to submit a complete response 

to the show cause order might result in dismissal of the appeal for lack of prosecution. 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 25, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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The response submitted on August 24, 2015, is incomplete. As a result, we have deemed 

the response insufficient and grounds for dismissal for lack of prosecution.

Therefore, the captioned appeal is dismissed for lack of prosecution pursuant to 

10th Cir. R. 42.1. The appellant may file an appeal, if necessary, when the district court 

case has ended and all claims against all parties have been decided, in compliance with 

all applicable procedural rules.

A copy of this order shall stand as and for the mandate of this court.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

 Counsel to the Clerk

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