IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                               No. 01-31043
                             Summary Calendar



BARBARA HOOVER,

                                                Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana; NADINE
RAMSEY, Judge; SHELLY NICHOLSON, Court Reporter; PINKY FERDINAND,
Court Reporter; TERRI LOVE, Judge; LESLIE CALLAIS, Court Reporter;
MARJORIE STAES, Court Reporter; KIM BOYLE, Judge; ROBIN GIARUSSO,
Judge; CARLA JOSEPH, Court Reporter; GERALD GEDEROFF, Judge;
BARBARA BERGUR, Court Reporter; RICHARD GANUCHEAU, Judge; MR.
CALLAIS, Court Reporter; YADA MAGEE, Judge; THERESA MILLER, Court
Reporter; ROLAND BELLSOME, Judge; LAURIE HENDRICKSON, Court
Reporter,


                                                Defendants-Appellees.

                        --------------------
           Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                             (01-CV-769)
                        --------------------
                          February 28, 2002

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     We must determine the basis of our jurisdiction and must do so

on our own motion, if necessary.         Mosley v. Cozby, 

,

660 (5th Cir. 1987). Generally, parties may appeal only from final

orders   unless     the   order   has   been   certified   for   immediate,

interlocutory appeal.        28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 1292(b).           A final

decision is one that “ends the litigation on the merits and leaves

nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.”           Dillon v.
State of Mississippi Military Dep't, 

, 917 (5th Cir.

1994)(citation and quotations omitted).

     No final judgment has been entered in the captioned case. The

district court announced its intention to dismiss the case if

Plaintiff-Appellant Hoover failed to comply with a show-cause

order. That was not, however, a self-executing order of dismissal,

and the district court has not dismissed the case.     Hoover could

have filed a pleading explaining the bases for her claims and could

have avoided a dismissal for failure to comply.      The show-cause

order did not therefore end the litigation on the merits and leave

nothing for the court to do but sign and file the judgment.     See

.   As there is no final judgment, there is

nothing from which an appeal on the merits may be taken.

     Additionally, the district court’s show-cause order and its

order denying Hoover’s motion for transcripts, for an extension,

and for a stay, could be reviewed on appeal from any final order

dismissing the case.   Therefore, those orders are not appealable

under the collateral-order doctrine.   Carter v. Fenner, 

, 1004 n.7 (5th Cir. 1998). Lacking jurisdiction over Hoover’s

appeal, it is

DISMISSED.




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