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United States Court of Appeals
                                                              Fifth Circuit
                                                           F I L E D
                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS     February 23, 2005
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                        Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                Clerk

                            No. 03-51448
                         Conference Calendar

REGINA KELLY; CORVIAN WORKMAN; MILTON JEROME DUNN; JOHNNY
HAMMOND; QUINCY HIGGINS; MICHAEL WELLS; FREDERICK DWAINE
SEYMORE; DONAL EDDINGTON; DARREL DEWAYNE GRAY; CLIFFORD
EUGENE RUNOALDS; CORNELIUS WORKMAN; QUINTON SMITH; DARIUS
MOTEN; CARLTON STEELS; ROBERT TAYLOR,

                                          Plaintiffs-Appellants,

versus

JOHN PASCHALL, ET AL.,
                                          Defendants,

SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGIONAL NARCOTICS TASK FORCE,

                                          Defendant-Appellee.

                       --------------------
          Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Western District of Texas
                       USDC No. W-03-CV-179
                       --------------------

Before BARKSDALE, GARZA, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The plaintiffs in this civil rights action filed a notice of

appeal from an order of the district court dismissing fewer than

all of the claims and parties.   They seek to appeal the dismissal

of the South Central Texas Regional Narcotics Task Force (“the

Task Force”).

     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
                           No. 03-51448
                                -2-

     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).   This court has authority to hear appeals

from “final decisions” under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.    It also

has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292 to hear appeals from

interlocutory decisions, nonfinal judgments certified as final

under FED. R. CIV. P. 54(b), and some other nonfinal orders and

judgments to which an exception applies.   See Briargrove Shopping

Ctr. Joint Venture v. Pilgrim Enters., 170 F.3d 536, 538 (5th

Cir. 1999).

     The plaintiffs argue that the district court’s order

dismissing the Task Force is appealable under the collateral-

order doctrine.   See Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 524-25

(1985).   Because the district court’s order dismissing the Task

Force “is capable of being fully and effectively reviewed after

final judgment,” the collateral order doctrine is inapplicable,

and this court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal.    See Thompson

v. Betts, 754 F.2d 1243, 1246 (5th Cir. 1985).    Accordingly, the

appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.    The plaintiffs’

request for a stay of the appeal is DENIED.

     APPEAL DISMISSED; STAY DENIED.