NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 

MORRIS REESE,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

T-MOBILE USA, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

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2014-1519

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California in No. 2:13-cv-05199-ODW, 

Judge Otis D. Wright, II.

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MORRIS REESE,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

AT&T MOBILITY II LLC,

Defendant-Appellee.

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2014-1520

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California in No. 2:13-cv-05198-ODW, 

Judge Otis D. Wright, II.

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MORRIS REESE,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON 

WIRELESS,

Defendant-Appellee.

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2014-1522

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California in No. 2:13-cv-05197-ODW, 

Judge Otis D. Wright, II.

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MORRIS REESE,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

TRACFONE WIRELESS, INC.,

Defendant-Appellee.

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2014-1523

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California in No. 2:13-cv-05196-ODW, 

Judge Otis D. Wright, II.

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MORRIS REESE,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

SPRINT-NEXTEL CORPORATION,

Defendant-Appellee.

______________________ 

2014-1524

______________________ 

Appeal from the United States District Court for the 

Central District of California in No. 2:13-cv-03811-ODW, 

Judge Otis D. Wright, II.

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ON MOTION

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Before REYNA, BRYSON, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM. 

O R D E R

In these related appeals, Morris Reese seeks interlocutory review of orders of the District Court for the Central 

District of California granting summary judgment and

holding that the doctrine of laches barred the underlying

complaints. Because these appeals are premature, we 

grant appellees’ motions to dismiss. 

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In response to Mr. Reese’s separate charges of patent 

infringement, several of the defendants filed counterclaims, seeking declaratory judgment of noninfringement, patent invalidity, and inequitable conduct. 

After the district court granted the defendants’ motions 

for summary judgment, he directed the parties to file a 

joint status report detailing what issues remain for the 

court to resolve. Mr. Reese then filed motions for reconsideration of the summary judgment orders, which remain pending. 

Section 1295(a)(1) of Title 28 authorizes this court to 

review “a final decision” of a district court in a patent 

infringement case, i.e., a decision that “‘ends the litigation 

on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but 

execute the judgment.’” Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard, 486

U.S. 517, 521-22 (1988) (quoting Catlin v. United States, 

324 U.S. 229, 233 (1945)). That has not yet occurred in 

this case. The district court was clear that the summary 

judgment orders did not call an end to the litigation, and

Mr. Reese’s motions for reconsideration and the defendants’ counterclaims are still unadjudicated. Thus, Mr. 

Reese’s notices of appeal were clearly premature. 

Accordingly, 

 IT IS ORDERED THAT: 

(1) The motions to dismiss are granted. 

(2) Each side shall bear its own costs. 

 FOR THE COURT

 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole 

 Daniel E. O’Toole

 Clerk of Court

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ISSUED AS A MANDATE: July 25, 2014

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