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Date Created: 2023-10-17 00:00:31.738938+00
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Case: 23-30453         Document: 00516932700             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/16/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                        No. 23-30453                                   FILED
                                      ____________                              October 16, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   Wesley Sinclair Ricks,                                                              Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   State of Louisiana; Department of Justice; District
   Attorney Association; Parish of Morehouse; Parish of
   Iberia; Jeffrey M. Landry; John G. Spires; Robert S.
   Tew; Stephen Sylvester,

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Western District of Louisiana
                                USDC No. 3:23-CV-734
                      ______________________________

   Before Jones, Higginson, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Wesley Sinclair Ricks, Louisiana prisoner # 499599, is barred under
   28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) from proceeding in forma pauperis (IFP) unless he shows
   that he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. He filed a 42 U.S.C.
   § 1983 complaint against the State of Louisiana. After the magistrate judge

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   denied him leave to proceed IFP, Ricks filed a notice of appeal to this court.
   He then filed a notice of appeal to the district court. The district court
   subsequently affirmed the magistrate judge’s order denying his IFP motion.
   No subsequent notice of appeal was filed.
          We must examine the basis of our jurisdiction, sua sponte if necessary.
   Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). “The courts of appeals
   . . . have jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts
   of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 1291. A magistrate judge’s order is not a
   final, appealable order over which our court has jurisdiction unless the parties
   were proceeding by consent, of which there is no evidence in this proceeding.
   See Donaldson v. Ducote, 373 F.3d 622, 624 (5th Cir. 2004). Thus, we lack
   jurisdiction over the instant appeal. See id.
          APPEAL DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION;
   MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IFP DENIED.

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