Opinion ID: 160854
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Heading: IBP's motion

Text: 18 IBP challenges this court's jurisdiction over Rodriguez's appeal from the July 6 order requiring him to release his Social Security records. IBP asserts the order is not final within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. 1291 because it is a discovery order. Under 28 U.S.C. 1291, this court has jurisdiction over all final orders of the district court. A final order ends litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the district court to do but execute the judgment. Hooker v. Cont'l Life Ins. Co., 965 F.2d 903, 904 (10th Cir. 1992). Discovery orders generally are interlocutory and not immediately appealable. See Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Alaska Land Leasing, Inc., 778 F.2d 577, 578 (10th Cir. 1985). This case, however, involves a post-trial discovery order. If we accept IBP's argument, a post-trial discovery order would never be appealable until a party complies. Because such an event may never occur, this cannot be the rule. The order became final and non-interlocutory at the very latest when Rodriguez was sanctioned for not complying with the post-trial discovery order. 19