Richard J. Nolan v. U.S. Department of Justice and United States of America, Acting Through Its Agency, Defense Investigative Service

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• holding that although premature notice of appeal ripened when order adjudicating outstanding claims was filed, court lacked jurisdiction to -5- consider merits of subsequent order absent second notice of appeal or its functional equivalent
• explaining Lewis v. B.F. Goodrich Co., 850 F.2d 641 (10th Cir.1988)
• no appellate jurisdiction over the dismissal of a claim that was not mentioned in the notice of appeal
• premature notice of appeal which ripens at a later date confers jurisdiction only over orders existing at time notice of appeal was filed
• “We have never held . . . that the filing of a final order serves to ripen not only the previous premature appeal but also any subsequent appeals arising out of the same case.”
• applying Rule 3 to determine scope of premature appeal

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