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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 11-2888 ___________ Malich Reed, * * Appellant, * * v. * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the John Does, 1-4, FCI Forrest City; T. C. * Eastern District of Arkansas. Outlaw, Warden, FCI - Forrest City; * Breckon, Captain, FCI - Forrest City; * [UNPUBLISHED] M Jemmott, Lt., FCI - Forrest City, * * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: January 6, 2012 Filed: January 26, 2012 ___________ Before LOKEN, BYE, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Federal inmate Malich Reed appeals following the district court’s1 adverse grant of partial summary judgment and denial of reconsideration in his action under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics,
403 U.S. 3881 The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable H. David Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. (1971). While the parties have not raised the issue, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to entertain Reed’s appeal. See Huggins v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc.,
566 F.3d 771, 773 (8th Cir. 2009) (where it appears jurisdiction is lacking, appellate courts are obligated to consider sua sponte jurisdictional issues). Specifically, there is no final judgment because Reed’s excessive-force claim is still pending below, see
28 U.S.C. § 1291(courts of appeals have jurisdiction of appeals from final decisions); Thomas v. Basham,
931 F.2d 521, 523 (8th Cir. 1991) (appeal was premature when some claims remained pending), and none of the exceptions to the final-judgment rule apply, see Huggins,
566 F.3d at 775(interlocutory appeal under
28 U.S.C. § 1292(b)); Krein v. Norris,
250 F.3d 1184, 1187 (8th Cir. 2001) (collateral-order doctrine); Thomas,
931 F.2d at 523(Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) certification). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as premature. ______________________________ -2-
Document Info
Docket Number: 11-2888
Citation Numbers: 454 F. App'x 536
Judges: Bye, Colloton, Loken, Per Curiam
Filed Date: 1/26/2012
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 8/5/2023