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Parties Involved:
Julian Barela
Respondent
Bernalillo County
Respondent
Jennifer Gallegos
Petitioner
Cassandra Gutierrez
Petitioner
Priscilla Gutierrez
Petitioner
Emily Hernandez
Petitioner
Mindy Hoerter
Petitioner
Stephanie Manzanares
Petitioner
Dan Mayfield
Respondent
Deanna Miglio
Petitioner
Pat Vigil
Petitioner
Maria Zuniga
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

_________________________________ 

MARIA ZUNIGA; EMILY 

HERNANDEZ; JENNIFER GALLEGOS; 

CASSANDRA GUTIERREZ; PRISCILLA 

GUTIERREZ; STEPHANIE 

MANZANARES; PAT VIGIL; MINDY 

HOERTER; DEANNA MIGLIO, on behalf 

of themselves and all others similarly 

situated., 

 Petitioners, 

v. 

BERNALILLO COUNTY; JULIAN 

BARELA; DAN MAYFIELD, 

 Respondents. 

No. 16-704 

(D.C. No. 1:11-CV-00877-JB-LAM) 

(D. N.M.) 

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ORDER

_________________________________ 

Before KELLY, LUCERO, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges. 

_________________________________ 

This matter is before the court to consider the plaintiffs’ petition for permission to 

appeal the district court’s order denying class certification. See Fed. R. App. P. 5; Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 23(f). 

The decision whether to grant the petition is purely discretionary. See Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 23(f); Vallario v. Vandehey, 554 F.3d 1259, 1262 (10th Cir. 2009) (this discretion is 

“‘unfettered and akin to the discretion exercised by the Supreme Court in acting on a 

petition for certiorari.’”) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) advisory committee’s note). 

FILED 

United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

December 16, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker 

Clerk of Court

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We have carefully considered the district court’s written order denying class 

certification, the parties’ submissions, and the applicable legal authority. We conclude 

that the order does not sound the “death knell” of the claims or that the district court 

order constitutes manifest error. Id. at 1263-64. Accordingly, this matter is not 

appropriate for immediate review. 

The petition for permission to appeal is DENIED. 

Entered for the Court 

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk 

by: Ellen Rich Reiter 

 Jurisdictional Attorney 

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