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Parties Involved:
Citadel Builders, L.L.C.
Appellee
Wayne Gordon
Appellant
Leon Regan
Appellee
Travelers Casualty & Surety Company of America
Appellee
Unidentified Party
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-30280

Summary Calendar

WAYNE GORDON, 

 Plaintiff – Appellant

v.

LEON REGAN; CITADEL BUILDERS, L.L.C.; UNIDENTIFIED PARTY; 

TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

improperly named Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of American, 

Incorporated, 

 Defendants - Appellees

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WAYNE GORDON

 Plaintiff – Appellant

v.

LEON REGAN; CITADEL BUILDERS, L.L.C.; UNIDENTIFIED PARTY; 

TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICAN, 

INCORPORATED

 Defendants - Appellees

Appeals from the United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Louisiana

USDC No. 2:15-CV-1979

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

October 5, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Wayne Gordon appeals, pro se, from a magistrate judge’s order deferring 

initial disclosures and the district court’s without-prejudice dismissal 

conditioned on execution of settlement agreement. The Court’s examination of 

the record reveals that there is no such order by a magistrate judge, and even 

if there were, it is not a final judgment and was not appealed to the district 

court.1 Moreover, the district court’s dismissal from which Gordon appeals was 

a dismissal without prejudice as the district court retained jurisdiction to 

enforce the terms of the settlement.2 Even if we construe Gordon’s appeal to be

from the district court’s final dismissal with prejudice, he consented to that 

dismissal as a term of the settlement he agreed to.3 Thus, this Court lacks 

jurisdiction. The appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction.

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

1 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Central Progressive Bank v. Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co., 658 F.2d 377, 

383 (5th Cir. 1981).

2 LeCompte v. Mr. Chip, Inc., 528 F.2d 601, 603 (5th Cir. 1976).

3 Tel-Phonic Services, Inc. v. TBS Int’l, Inc., 975 F.2d 1134, 1137 (5th Cir. 1992).

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