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Parties Involved:
Christopher Jay Bonewell
Appellant
Kansas Department of Corrections
Appellee
Jacob Wetzel
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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CHRISTOPHER JAY BONEWELL, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JACOB WETZEL; KANSAS 

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-3106

(D.C. No. 5:14-CV-03149-SAC-DJW)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, McHUGH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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Pro se Appellant Christopher Jay Bonewell appeals a magistrate judge’s March 

16, 2015 order. 

Except for proceedings conducted by a magistrate judge upon designation by a 

district court judge and consent by the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), orders 

entered by a magistrate judge are not final and immediately appealable to an appellate 

court. See Phillips v. Beierwaltes, 466 F.3d 1217, 1222 (10th Cir. 2006). The parties have 

not consented to final disposition by a magistrate judge in the underlying district court 

case. Moreover, Mr. Bonewell’s case remains pending in the district court, and no final 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

May 5, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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judgment has been entered. Consequently, this court lacks jurisdiction to consider this 

appeal. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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