United States v. Ronald Brooks Tippett, and Edgar Lee Durre, Movant-Appellant

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Movant-Appellant Edgar Lee Durre appeals the denial of his application to be paid a witness fee. The success of his claim turns on whether the parties to appeals that are administratively consolidated in this court are deemed parties to each oth ers’ cases in this court and/or on review in the United States Supreme Court. 1

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While Durre was incarcerated in a Colorado state penitentiary, he was subpoenaed and testified as a fact witness during the criminal trial of a third party in the federal district court. At the same trial, three other Colorado state prisoners were…