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· 3/9/1993

Douglas S. Lewis v. George Alexander

Citations

  • 987 F.2d 392
  • 25 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 47
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 4297
  • 1993 WL 59289

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  • indicating that the the district court retains jurisdiction when the appeal is untimely, presents issues that the appellate court had previously decided in the same case, or is from a non-final, non-appealable order
  • “[A] district court may not act sua sponte to grant relief from judgment through Rule 60(b).”
  • “[T]he district court retains jurisdiction over an action when an appeal is untimely, is an appeal from a non-appealable non-final order, or raises only issues that were previously ruled upon in that case by the appellate court.” (internal citations and quotations omitted)
  • applying Rodgers to a non lack-of-notice case

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Judges: Martin, Boggs, Contie

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