Case Name: Joshua WREN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Officer Jimmy CURTIS; Officer NFN Mendez; Officer NFN Prado; Officer NFN Vandam; Sergeant NFN Alcantar; Sergeant NFN Miller; Sergeant NFN Lozano; Lieutenant NFN Cantrell; Medical Personnel Jones; John Doe; Brian Collier, TDCJ, Executive Director, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-09-01
Citations: 697 F. App'x 304
Docket Number: No. 16-11710 Summary Calendar
Parties: Joshua WREN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Officer Jimmy CURTIS; Officer NFN Mendez; Officer NFN Prado; Officer NFN Vandam; Sergeant NFN Alcantar; Sergeant NFN Miller; Sergeant NFN Lozano; Lieutenant NFN Cantrell; Medical Personnel Jones; John Doe; Brian Collier, TDCJ, Executive Director, Defendants-Appellees
Judges: Before JOLLY, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 697
Pages: 304–304

Head Matter:
Joshua WREN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Officer Jimmy CURTIS; Officer NFN Mendez; Officer NFN Prado; Officer NFN Vandam; Sergeant NFN Alcantar; Sergeant NFN Miller; Sergeant NFN Lozano; Lieutenant NFN Cantrell; Medical Personnel Jones; John Doe; Brian Collier, TDCJ, Executive Director, Defendants-Appellees
No. 16-11710 Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed September 1, 2017
Joshua Wren, Pro Se
Before JOLLY, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Joshua Wren, Texas prisoner # 01982778, appeals the magistrate judge's denial of his motion for appointment of counsel. This court must examine the basis of its jurisdiction on its own motion if necessary. Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). Although an order denying the appointment of counsel in a civil rights action is immediately appealable, Robbins v. Maggio, 750 F.2d 405, 413 (5th Cir. 1985), if that order was issued by a magistrate judge and the parties have not consented to proceed before a magistrate judge, the order must first be appealed to the district court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A),(c)(1),(c)(3); see Alpine View Co. v. Atlas Copco AB, 205 F.3d 208, 219-20 (5th Cir.2000). Otherwise, this court lacks jurisdiction to review the magistrate judge's order. United States v. Renfro, 620 F.2d 497, 500 (5th Cir. 1980).
The record does not indicate that the parties consented to proceed before a magistrate judge or that the district court ruled on Wren's objections and issued its own order on the motion for appointment of counsel. Therefore, we dismiss Wren's appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.