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Parties Involved:
Trevis Joel Freeman
Appellant
Jeffery D. Gossard
Appellee
Larry Markle
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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TREVIS JOEL FREEMAN, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

JEFFERY D. GOSSARD, District Court 

Judge, Montgomery County District Court; 

LARRY MARKLE, Montgomery County 

Attorney, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 16-3346

(D.C. No. 5:16-CV-03191-SAC-DJW)

(D. Kan.)

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, MATHESON, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

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This is an appeal from a non-final order issued by the magistrate judge directing 

the plaintiff to show cause to the district court judge within 14 days why the matter 

should not be dismissed as a premature application for habeas corpus. We dismiss for 

lack of appellate jurisdiction.

The magistrate’s order is not directly appealable to this court. Except for 

proceedings conducted by the magistrate judge on consent of the parties pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 636(c), a court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal taken directly from 

a decision of a magistrate judge. See Colorado Building & Construction Trade Council v. 

B.B. Andersen Construction Co., 879 F.2d 809 (10th Cir. 1989). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

November 29, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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APPEAL DISMISSED. It is further ordered that the district clerk separately file 

the letter attached to the notice of appeal addressed to Judge Crow and submit the letter to 

Judge Crow. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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