United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT August 20, 2007
_______________________ Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 06-31072
Summary Calendar
_______________________
ERICKA LOUVIERE; ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
versus
DANIEL LAKAMP; ET AL.,
Defendants
R. MICHAEL MOITY, JR.,
Appellant.
Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
No. 6:06-CV-557
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
R. Michael Moity, Jr. appeals the district court’s order
referring the case to a magistrate judge to determine if he should
be disbarred as a member of the bar of the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Louisiana. A magistrate judge entered a
certification of contempt after Moity failed to appear for a Rule
16(f) conference and berated the judge’s law clerk on the
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
telephone. 28 U.S.C. § 636(e). After the district court held a
show-cause hearing, the court found Moity in contempt and ordered
him to attend anger management classes, perform community service,
pay a $100 fine, and apologize. The court subsequently vacated
that order and referred the case to a magistrate judge to determine
whether Moity should be disbarred from practice in the Western
District of Louisiana. Without commenting on the merits of this
case, we dismiss the appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
The district court’s referral order is not a final appealable
order. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Gregg v. Linder, 349 F.3d 860, 862
(5th Cir. 2003) (per curiam).
DISMISSED.
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