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Parties Involved:
Jorge Torres-Laranega
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

June 17, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JORGE TORRES-LARANEGA, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 10-2137

(D.C. No. 1:08-CV-00889-MV-WDS)

(D.C. No. 2:03-CR-02112-MV-1)

ORDER

Before BRISCOE, Chief Circuit Judge, and LUCERO and HOLMES, Circuit

Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because no final or appealable

order has been entered by the district court. 

This court has jurisdiction to review only final decisions, 28 U.S.C. § 1291,

and specific types of interlocutory orders not applicable here. A final decision is

one that “‘ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do

but execute the judgment.’” Cunningham v. Hamilton County, 527 U.S. 198, 204

(1999) (quoting Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard, 486 U.S. 517, 521-22 (1988)). An

order denying discovery is not immediately appealable. See S.E.C. v. Merrill

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Scott & Associates, Ltd., 600 F.3d 1262, 1270 (10th Cir. 2010) (pretrial discovery

orders are generally not final or otherwise immediately appealable) (citing

Boughton v. Cotter Corp., 10 F.3d 746, 748 (10th Cir. 1993)).

Appeal DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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