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Parties Involved:
R. Bacon
Appellee
Diane Balkin
Appellee
Jeff Carson
Appellee
Joseph A. Ellsworth
Appellant
Paula Frantz
Appellee
Adrienne Greene
Appellee
Marshall Griffith
Appellee
Cathie Hoist
Appellee
W. Holencik
Appellee
Don Holloway
Appellee
Harvey Lappin
Appellee
Burl McCullar
Appellee
Pat Montez
Appellee
Jennifer Nuanes
Appellee
Charles Olin
Appellee
C/M Queteah
Appellee
Kathy Wilson
Appellee
James Wunderlick
Appellee
A. Zavaras
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

March 16, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH A. ELLSWORTH,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v. 

DIANE BALKIN; ADRIENNE

GREENE; JAMES WUNDERLICK;

KATHY WILSON; DON HOLLOWAY;

JENNIFER NUANES; JEFF CARSON;

R. BACON; W. HOLENCIK; PAT

MONTEZ; CHARLES OLIN; A.

ZAVARAS; HARVEY LAPPIN;

CATHIE HOIST; MARSHALL

GRIFFITH; C/M QUETEAH; PAULA

FRANTZ; BURL McCULLAR,

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 09-1520

(D.C. No. 1:09-CV-02265-WYD-BNB)

(D. Colorado)

ORDER

Before KELLY, LUCERO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is before the court based on a show cause order challenging appellate

jurisdiction and directing the parties to obtain a district court order either granting

certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) as to the November 4, 2009 Order appealed by

Plaintiff Ellsworth or explicitly adjudicating the unresolved portions of Claims Three and

Four. See Stockman's Water Company, LLC v. Vaca Partners, L.P., 425 F.3d 1263, 1265

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(10th Cir. 2005); Lewis v. B. F. Goodrich Co., 850 F.2d 641, 645-46 (10th Cir. 1988).

This court lacks jurisdiction. The parties failed to move in the district court for a

Rule 54(b) certification. No final judgment has been entered in Plaintiff’s civil rights

action. Consequently, the November 4, 2009 Order, which left unresolved portions of

Claims Three and Four, id. at 6, is interlocutory and not immediately appealable under 28

U.S.C. § 1291 or under any recognized exception to the final judgment rule. 

The appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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