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Parties Involved:
Attorney General For The State of New Mexico
Appellee
Erasmo Bravo
Appellee
Lettice A. Garrison
Appellant

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 25, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

LETTICE A. GARRISON,

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v. 

ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO; ERASMO

BRAVO, Warden, Guadalupe County

Correctional Facility,

 Respondents - Appellees.

No. 10-2039

(D.C. No. 1:09-CV-01120-WJ-WDS)

ORDER

Before TACHA, BRISCOE, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

This is an appeal from a non-final order of the magistrate judge denying the

petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel. We dismiss for lack of appellate

jurisdiction.

This order is not directly appealable to this court. 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 a decision of a magistrate judge. See Colorado Building & Construction

Trade Council v. B.B. Andersen Construction Co., 879 F.2d 809 (10th Cir. 1989). 

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Moreover, the denial of the appointment of counsel is not immediately

appealable. See Cotner v. Mason, 657 F.2d 1390 (10th Cir. 1981).

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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