Case Name: TRACOR, INC., Appellant, v. PREMCO INSTRUMENTS, INC., Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-06-07
Citations: 395 F.2d 849
Docket Number: No. 25230
Parties: TRACOR, INC., Appellant, v. PREMCO INSTRUMENTS, INC., Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 395
Pages: 849–849

Head Matter:
TRACOR, INC., Appellant, v. PREMCO INSTRUMENTS, INC., Appellee.
No. 25230.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
June 7, 1968.
Bill Durkee, Houston, Tex., Donald N. Goldston, Austin, Tex., Arnold, Roylance, Kruger & Durkee, Houston, Tex., Coffee, Ritter & Goldston, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant.
Forrest N. Troutman, Sneed & Vine, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and RUBIN, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
After briefs and oral argument, this interlocutory appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
The District Court directed an order to the clerk of a state court requesting that a sealed manila envelope in the custody of that official in connection with a state court ease (which had been settled and dismissed with prejudice) be forwarded to the clerk of the federal court and there held in secrecy pending further order. A motion for a stay was heard and denied. Appellant then undertook an appeal to this Court without a certificate of the District Judge under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A., § 1292(b) and without applying to this Court within ten days of the order for leave to appeal.
We view this order as being, to all intents and purposes, no more than a subpoena duces tecum. The documents have been sent for in sealed form and ordered to be held that way. This was "only a step in the orderly procedure of the case", it was not an injunction, and the order is therefore not appealable, O'Malley v. Chrysler Corp., 7 Cir., 1947, 160 F.2d 35.
Appellant's motion for mandamus relief is denied.
Appeal dismissed and writ of mandamus denied.