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Parties Involved:
Charles Claypool
Appellant
Geary Community Hosp
Appellee
Gerald Geringer
Appellee
Phyllis Kotoyantz
Appellee
Mahandra N. Patel
Appellee
The Board of Trustees of the Geary Community Hospital
Appellee
Gerald Vincent
Appellee

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

. FILED 

Unit.eel State, O>urt of Appeal 

Tenth Circuit 8 

FEB 2 41988 

CHARLES CLAYPOOL, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

GERALD GERINGER; GEARY 

COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; and 

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 

GEARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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CHARLES CLAYPOOL, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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v. ) 

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GERALD GERINGER; THE BOARD OF ) 

TRUSTEES OF THE GEARY COMMUNITY ) 

HOSPITAL, MAHANDRA N. PATEL, M.D.; ) 

PHYLLIS KOTOYANTZ; GERALD VINCENT; and ) 

GEARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ) 

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Defendants-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 87-2373 

(D.C. No. 83-4295) 

( D. Kans. ) 

No. 87-2374 

(D.C. No. 84-4268) 

( D. Kans.) 

Before MOORE and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and BRIMMER, Chief Judge.* 

*Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, Chief Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Wyoming, sitting by 

designation. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

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assist the determination of these appeals. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.8. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The causes are therefore ordered 

This is an appeal from an interlocutory order of the district 

court affirming a prior ruling of a United States magistrate. In 

his ruling, the magistrate directed counsel for plaintiff to pay 

the expenses of counsel for defendants during certain discovery 

proceedings. Neither the ruling of the magistrate nor the order 

of the district court set out a specific sum to be paid by counsel 

for plaintiff as a sanction. Accordingly, the appeals are 

premature. See Phelps v. Washburn Univ. of Topeka, 807 F.2d 153, 

154 (10th Cir. 1986). 

The appeals are DISMISSED. 

forthwith. 

The mandates 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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shall issue 

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