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Parties Involved:
Phil Barney
Appellee
Jerred Lefevre
Appellant
Troy Morgan
Appellant
Allen Pearson
Appellant
Jack Peterson
Appellant
Kirt Rippstein
Appellant
Sevier County
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 12, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

KIRT RIPPSTEIN; JACK

PETERSON; ALLEN PEARSON;

JERRED LEFEVRE; TROY

MORGAN, 

Plaintiffs - Appellants, 

v. 

SEVIER COUNTY; PHIL

BARNEY, Sevier County Sheriff, 

Defendants - Appellees.

No. 08-4017

(D.C. No. 2:06-CV-01063-BSJ)

ORDER

Before KELLY, HARTZ, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

This court lacks jurisdiction over this appeal because the orders being

appealed are not final or otherwise immediately appealable. 

The plaintiffs appeal an order of the district court denying their motion to

amend their complaint and the order denying reconsideration of the denial. The

case is still on-going in the district court.

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

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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)). 

Accordingly, this appeal is DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

Ellen Rich Reiter

Deputy Clerk/Jurisdictional Attorney

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