Unpublished Dispositionjaki Akai Ismalili Mahammad, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Sam Chadwick; Debbie Williams; Winfred Gooch; Otie Jones;warden; Wayne Casteel; Susan Hiatt; J. Fowler; Stevenorris; Hood, Cpl.; Ron Hodges; Terre Marshall; Bradsmythe; Carol Schaefer; Fay Jeffers; Juanita Daughtery;stanley Shanks; Archie Goddard; James Worthington; Marka. Hudson; Paul Flanders, Defendants,littrell, Dr., Defendant-appellee, 863 F.2d 49 (6th Cir. 1988)

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US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - 863 F.2d 49 (6th Cir. 1988) Nov. 18, 1988

Before LIVELY and DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


ORDER

This appeal has been referred to a panel of the court pursuant to Rule 9(a), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

A review of the record indicates that appellant appealed from the order entered August 8, 1988, dismissing Dr. Littell as a defendant. The case remains pending as to numerous defendants.

This court lacks jurisdiction in the appeal. Absent a Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b) certification, an order disposing of fewer than all the claims or parties is not appealable. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co. v. Wetzel, 424 U.S. 737, 744 (1976); Solomon v. Aetna Life Ins. Co., 782 F.2d 58, 59 (6th Cir. 1986). No 54(b) certification was made in the instant appeal. The final decision of the district court has not been entered during the pendency of this appeal; therefore, this court lacks jurisdiction. See Gillis v. Department of HHS, 759 F.2d 565 (6th Cir. 1985).

It is ORDERED that the appeal be and hereby is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Rule 9(b) (1), Rules of the Sixth Circuit.

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