Douglas Coupar Ben Kalka v. Stephen Pontesso R.L. Matthews Wallace Cheney Kathleen Hawk United States of America

85 F.3d 634 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Douglas COUPAR; Ben Kalka, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stephen PONTESSO; R.L. Matthews; Wallace Cheney; Kathleen Hawk; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-16158. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 30, 1996. * Decided May 6, 1996. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Federal prisoners Douglas Coupar and Ben Kalka appeal pro se the district court's order denying their motion to reconsider a previous order severing their civil rights action into three individual actions, one for each named plaintiff, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 21. Appellants contend that even though the district court's order did not finally resolve their claims, it was an appealable collateral order because the severance issue would be effectively unreviewable on appeal from the final judgments in the three individual actions. See Johnson v. Jones, 115 S.Ct. 2151,…