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Parties Involved:
Minnesota Department of Corrections
Appellee
Donald Williams
Appellant

Document Text:

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The Honorable John R. Tunheim, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota, affirming an order of the Honorable Raymond L. Erickson, United

States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a).

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-1733

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Donald Williams, *

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Appellant, *

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v. * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

Minnesota Department of Corrections, * District of Minnesota.

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Appellee. * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Submitted: September 22, 2004 

Filed: September 30, 2004

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Before MELLOY, LAY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Donald Williams filed a petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, followed by

numerous pretrial motions. On July 22, 2003, the district court1

 affirmed the

magistrate judge’s denial of several nondispositive motions. On August 19, 2003, the

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Magistrate Judge Erickson.

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magistrate judge2

 denied other nondispositive motions and recommended denying

Williams’s motion for injunctive relief. Williams filed a notice of appeal (NOA) with

respect to the July 22 and August 19 orders. The district court later denied the motion

for an injunction, over Williams’s objection; and eventually dismissed the habeas

petition.

This court has jurisdiction over appeals of the final orders of district courts.

See Otey v. Marshall, 121 F.3d 1150, 1154 (8th Cir. 1997) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 1291).

Because Williams filed his NOA while his habeas petition was still pending in the

district court and did not file a new NOA following the district court’s final judgment,

we do not have jurisdiction over the appeal. See Miller v. Special Weapons, L.L.C.,

369 F.3d 1033, 1035 (8th Cir. 2004). Although rulings on motions for injunctive

relief are immediately appealable, see 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1), the district court had

not yet ruled on Williams’s motion for an injunction when he filed his NOA. See

Miller, 369 F.3d at 1035. 

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

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