Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit April 17, 2000, No. 99-17369 (Ballard v. Baldridge)

ORDER

We dismiss without prejudice the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the district court’s order vacating the judgment was not a final order. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291. A final order is a “decision by the District Court that ‘ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.’ Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 233, 65 S.Ct. 631, 89 L.Ed.