Klein & Heuchan, Inc. v. CoStar Realty Information, Inc. et al

Filing 139

JUDGMENT in favor of CoStar Group, Inc., CoStar Realty Information, Inc. against Scott Bell Signed by Deputy Clerk on 4/16/2010. (JLH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
T AMPA DIVISION KLEIN & HEUCHAN, INC., Plaintiff, -vsCOSTAR REALTY INFORMATION, INC., and COSTAR GROUP, INC., Defendants/Counter Claimant and SCOTT BELL Counter Defendant ___________________________________/ Case No. 8:08-cv-1227-T-30EAJ

JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE

IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that judgment is entered in favor of CoStar Realty Information, Inc, and CoStar Group, Inc. And against Scott Bell a/k/a Christopher Scott Bell.

Date: April 16, 2010 SHERYL L. LOESCH, CLERK

By:

S/ J. Hueting Deputy Cle

Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record Unrepresented Parties

C I V IL APPEALS JURISDICTION CHECKLIST 1. A p p e a la b le Orders: Courts of Appeals have jurisdiction conferred and strictly limited by statute: (a) A p p e a ls from final orders pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1291: Only final orders and judgments of district courts, or final orders of bankruptcy c o u rts which have been appealed to and fully resolved by a district court under 28 U.S.C. Section 158, generally are appealable. A final decision is one that "ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment." Pitney Bowes, Inc. V. Mestre, 701 F .2 d 1365, 1368 (11th Cir. 1983). A magistrate judge's report and recommendation is not final and appealable until judgment thereon is entered b y a district court judge. 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c). I n cases involving multiple parties or multiple claims, a judgment as to fewer than all parties or all claims is not a final, appealable decision u n l es s the district court has certified the judgment for immediate review under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b), Williams v. Bishop, 732 F.2d 885, 885-86 (11th C i r . 1984). A judgment which resolves all issues except matters, such as attorneys' fees and costs, that are collateral to the merits, is immediately a p p e a l a b l e. Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co., 486 U.S. 196, 201, 108 S. Ct. 1717, 1721-22, 100 L.Ed.2d 178 (1988); LaChance v. Duffy's D r a f t House, Inc., 146 F.3d 832, 837 (11th Cir. 1998). A p p e a ls pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1292(a): Appeals are permitted from orders "granting, continuing, modifying, refusing or dissolving i n j u n c t i o n s or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions..." and from "[i]nterlocutory decrees...determining the rights and liabilities of parties to a d m i ra lty cases in which appeals from final decrees are allowed." Interlocutory appeals from orders denying temporary restraining orders are not p e r m it t e d . A p p e a l s pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1292(b) and Fed.R.App.P.5: The certification specified in 28 U.S.C. Section 1292(b) must be obtained b e f o r e a petition for permission to appeal is filed in the Court of Appeals. The district court's denial of a motion for certification is not itself a p p ea la b le. A p p e a l s pursuant to judicially created exceptions to the finality rule: Limited exceptions are discussed in cases including, but not limited to: C o h en V. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541,546,69 S.Ct. 1221, 1225-26, 93 L.Ed. 1528 (1949); Atlantic Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. B l y th e Eastman Paine Webber, Inc., 890 F. 2d 371, 376 (11th Cir. 1989); Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp., 379 U.S. 148, 157, 85 S. Ct. 308, 3 1 2 , 13 L.Ed.2d 199 (1964).

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T i m e for Filing: The timely filing of a notice of appeal is mandatory and jurisdictional. Rinaldo v. Corbett, 256 F.3d 1276, 1278 (11th Cir. 2001). In civil c a s es , Fed.R.App.P.4(a) and (c) set the following time limits: (a) F ed .R .A p p .P . 4(a)(1): A notice of appeal in compliance with the requirements set forth in Fed.R.App.P. 3 must be filed in the district court within 3 0 days after the entry of the order or judgment appealed from. However, if the United States or an officer or agency thereof is a party, the notice o f appeal must be filed in the district court within 60 days after such entry. THE NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED AND FILED IN THE D I S T R I C T COURT NO LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF THE APPEAL PERIOD - no additional days are provided for mailing. S p ec ia l filing provisions for inmates are discussed below. F ed .R .A p p .P . 4(a)(3): "If one party timely files a notice of appeal, any other party may file a notice of appeal within 14 days after the date when th e first notice was filed, or within the time otherwise prescribed by this Rule 4(a), whichever period ends later." F ed .R .A p p .P .4 (a )(4 ): If any party makes a timely motion in the district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of a type specified in this ru le, the time for appeal for all parties runs from the date of entry of the order disposing of the last such timely filed motion. F ed .R .A p p .P .4 (a )(5 ) and 4(a)(6): Under certain limited circumstances, the district court may extend the time to file a notice of appeal. Under R u l e 4(a)(5), the time may be extended if a motion for an extension is filed within 30 days after expiration of the time otherwise provided to file a notice of appeal, upon a showing of excusable neglect or good cause. Under Rule 4(a)(6), the time may be extended if the district court finds u p o n motion that a party did not timely receive notice of the entry of the judgment or order, and that no party would be prejudiced by an extension. F e d .R .A p p .P .4 ( c ): If an inmate confined to an institution files a notice of appeal in either a civil case or a criminal case, the notice of appeal is tim ely if it is deposited in the institution's internal mail system on or before the last day for filing. Timely filing may be shown by a declaration in compliance with 28 U.S.C. Section 1746 or a notarized statement, either of which must set forth the date of deposit and state that first-class p o s ta ge has been prepaid.

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F o r m a t of the notice of appeal: Form 1, Appendix of Forms to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, is a suitable format. See also Fed.R.App.P. 3(c). A pro se notice of appeal must be signed by the appellant E f f e c t of a notice of appeal: A district court loses jurisdiction (authority) to act after the filing of a timely notice of appeal, except for actions in aid of a p p e ll a t e jurisdiction or to rule on a timely motion of the type specified in Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(4).

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