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UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Nora BRAYSHAW, Respondent-Appellant.
MEMORANDUM **
Taxpayer Nora Brayshaw appeals from a clerk order entered in the district court following an order to show cause hearing arising from the district court's orders enforcing an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) summons to produce documents and records related to her and her husband's tax liability for 2002 to 2012. This court has an obligation to review whether appellate jurisdiction exists for this appeal. Breed v. Hughes Aircraft Co., 253 F.3d 1173, 1177 (9th Cir. 2001). We dismiss for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
We do not have jurisdiction to hear this appeal because the district court did not enter, either during or after the order to show cause hearing, an order holding Brayshaw in contempt or an order modifying its prior, final enforcement order. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Couch v. Telescope Inc., 611 F.3d 629, 632 (9th Cir. 2010) (“[P]arties may appeal only from orders which end the litigation on the merits and leave nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.” (citation, alterations, and internal quotation marks omitted)).
DISMISSED.
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Docket No: No. 17-16327
Decided: June 20, 2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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