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Parties Involved:
Carrie Marie Neighbors
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

Defendant’s prior appeals from the district court’s July 21, 2010 Order were 1

dismissed based on lack of appellate jurisdiction. See United States v. Neighbors, Nos.

10-3183, 10-3185, 10-3186 (10th Cir. July 29, 2010) (unpublished order).

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 3, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee, 

v. 

CARRIE MARIE NEIGHBORS, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

Nos. 10-3187, 10-3188, and 10-3189

(D.C. Nos. 2:08-CR-20105-CM-JPO-2,

2:07-CR-20124-CM-JPO-1, and 2:07-CR20073-CM-JPO-2)

(D. of Kansas)

ORDER

Before TACHA, TYMKOVICH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Defendant Carrie Neighbors, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s July 28,

2010 Order denying her motion for stay of the district court proceedings and granting

Plaintiff United States of America’s motion for certification that her interlocutory appeal is

frivolous. Defendant Neighbors’ three criminal cases are proceeding before the district 1

court.

This court lacks jurisdiction over the pretrial order appealed by Defendant because

the order is interlocutory and not immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or under

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any recognized exception to the final judgment rule. 

The reasons for the final judgment rule are at their “strongest in the field of criminal

law,” United States v. Hollywood Motor Car Co., 458 U.S. 263, 270 (1982), and exceptions

to this rule are rare in criminal cases. See Flanagan v. United States, 465 U.S. 259, 270

(1984). In the present appeals, the district court’s pretrial order does not fall within an

exception to the general final judgment rule.

Accordingly, the appeals are DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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