United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where an order of the district court remanding the case to state court, after allowing plaintiff to add non-diverse defendants, is not a final order reviewable on appeal under 28 U.S.C. section 1291 or as a collateral order.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/10/2004
• Decided 08/04/2004
• Published 08/04/2004

Judges

• THOMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before: PREGERSON, THOMPSON, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel L. Thieme, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellant., Martin S. Garfinklel, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.