Kelly v. Great Seneca Financial Corp‪.‬

The defendants in this interlocutory appeal ask us to review the district courts non-final order denying them, among other things, the defense of absolute witness and advocacy immunity in an action concerning unfair debt-collection practices. The preliminary issue in this case is whether this court has appellate jurisdiction to entertain the defendants interlocutory appeal under the collateral order doctrine. Only five days after this court held in another case that we have jurisdiction to hear interlocutory appeals concerning witness immunity, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Will v. Hallock, __ U.S. __, 126 S.Ct. 952 (2006), which clarified when appellate courts have jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine. In light of Will, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. We also decline to grant mandamus relief.