Thomas Barrow v. Lloyd A. Falck, Individually and as Sheriff of Ford County, Illinois, and Ford County, Illinois

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• holding that the court cannot \resurrect a notice of appeal after the time provided by Fed.R. App.P. 4 for commencing an appeal\; rather, it must be treated as if \notice [was] never filed\
• “A motion to reinstate should be treated as a fresh notice of appeal, effective if time remains under [Fed R.App.] 4 and ineffective otherwise”
• what was said there of Section 1988 also applies, of course, to the FLSA statutory provision for fee awards
• “A notice of appeal filed and dismissed voluntarily is gone, no more effective in conferring jurisdiction on a court than a notice never filed,” citing Williams
• “A notice of appeal filed and dismissed voluntarily is gone, no more effective in conferring jurisdiction on a court than a notice never filed,” citing Williams
• “The structure of the rules is set against [ ] delay and uncertainty.”

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