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Parties Involved:
Willis A. Center
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

WILLIS A. CENTER, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-8106

(D.C. Nos. 2:16-CV-00102-NDF &

2:14-CR-00112-NDF-1)

(D. Wyo.)

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, PHILLIPS, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

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We raise sua sponte the question of whether this court has jurisdiction to consider 

this appeal. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal of the district court’s August 5, 2016 

order, denying Appellant’s pro se motion for leave to amend his 2255 motion. The 

August 5, 2016 order notes that Appellant is represented by counsel. We note that the 

2255 proceedings are ongoing and that the district court has not yet entered final 

judgment. 

Except in certain circumstances that are not present here, the court’s appellate 

jurisdiction is limited to review of final judgments. U.S. v. Nixon, 418. U.S. 683, 690-92 

(1974); Albright v. Unum Life Ins. Co., 59 F.3d 1089, 1092 (10th Cir. 1995). A decision 

is “not final, ordinarily, unless it ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

September 19, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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the court to do but execute the judgment.” Cunningham v. Hamilton County, Ohio, 527 

U.S. 198, 204 (1999) (internal quotations omitted). 

Because the order that is the subject of this appeal is not a final judgment and is 

not otherwise appealable, we lack jurisdiction to consider the appeal. 

APPEAL DISMISSED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lindy Lucero Schaible

 Counsel to the Clerk

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