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Parties Involved:
John Scott Pinkerton
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.

JOHN SCOTT PINKERTON, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

No. 16-8041

(D.C. No. 2:16-CV-00068-ABJ)

(D. Wyo.)

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ORDER

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Before BRISCOE, LUCERO, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

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This court lacks jurisdiction because no final or otherwise appealable order has 

been entered by the district court. The defendant appeal an order of the district court 

deeming his post-conviction motion as one filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and 

ordering a response from the government. The matter is still proceeding in the district 

court. 

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

specific types of interlocutory orders not applicable here. A final decision is one that

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 28, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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disposes of all issues on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the 

judgment. Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard, 486 U.S. 517, 521 (1988). 

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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