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Parties Involved:
Fred Busch
Appellee
Solomon Ben-Tov Cohen
Appellant
U.S. Capitol Police
Appellee
Henry Waxman
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 29, 2010

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

SOLOMON BEN-TOV COHEN,

 Plaintiff - Appellant, 

v. 

REPRESENTATIVE HENRY

WAXMAN, United States Congress; U.S.

CAPITOL POLICE; FRED BUSCH,

Agent U.S. Capitol Police, 

 Defendants - Appellees.

No. 09-1510

 (D.C. No. 1:08-CV-02188-LTB-CBS) 

ORDER

Before BRISCOE, MURPHY, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

This appeal is before the court based on a show cause order challenging appellate

jurisdiction and directing the parties to obtain a district court order either granting

certification under Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) as to the October 21, 2009 Order appealed by

Plaintiff Solomon Ben-Tov Cohen or explicitly adjudicating the claims against the remaining

Defendant, Fred Busch. See Stockman's Water Company, LLC v. Vaca Partners, L.P., 425

F.3d 1263, 1265 (10th Cir. 2005); Lewis v. B. F. Goodrich Co., 850 F.2d 641, 645-46 (10th

Cir. 1988).

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This court lacks jurisdiction. The parties failed to move in the district court for a Rule

54(b) certification. Plaintiff’s claims against Defendant Busch remain unresolved in the

underlying civil rights action. Consequently, the October 21, 2009 Order appealed by

Plaintiff is interlocutory and not immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 or under

any recognized exception to the final judgment rule. 

The appeal is DISMISSED for lack of appellate jurisdiction. 

Entered for the Court,

Elisabeth A. Shumaker, Clerk

Kathleen T. Clifford

Attorney - Deputy Clerk

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