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Parties Involved:
Rickke Leon Green
Appellant
Marty Sirmons
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

RICKKE LEON GREEN,

 Petitioner ! Appellant,

v.

MARTY SIRMONS, Warden,

 Respondent ! Appellee.

No. 07-7101

ORDER

Filed December 28, 2007

Before BRISCOE, HARTZ, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges. 

Petitioner Green, proceeding pro se, appeals the October 30, 2007 minute

order entered by a United States magistrate judge in his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas

proceeding. 

Except for proceedings conducted by a magistrate judge upon designation by

a district judge and consent of the parties pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), decisions

rendered by a magistrate judge are not final or immediately appealable. “[W]e have

consistently recognized that ‘[a] magistrate exercising “additional duties”

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jurisdiction remains constantly subject to the inherent supervisory power of the

district judge and the judge retains the “ultimate responsibility for decision making

in every instance.’ ” Colorado Bldg. & Const. Trades Council v. B. B. Andersen

Const. Co, 879 F.2d 809, 811 (10th Cir. 1989). Accord Lister v. Dep’t of Treasury,

408 F.3d 1309, 1312 (10th Cir. 2005). 

In the underlying habeas proceeding, the parties did not consent to final

disposition by a magistrate judge under § 636(c), and the district judge has not

entered final judgment. Consequently, the magistrate judge’s October 30, 2007

minute order does not constitute a final or immediately appealable decision 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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