Stansell et al v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) et al

Filing 775

ORDER ATTACHED denying for lack of jurisdiction #772 Motion to Alter Judgment and Motion for New Trial; and denying for lack of jurisdiction #774 Motion to Alter Judgment and Motion for New Trial. Signed by Judge Richard A. Lazzara on 5/6/2013. (CCB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION

KEITH STANSELL, MARCH GONSALVES,
THOMAS HOWES, JUDITH G. JANIS,
CHRISTOPHER T. JANIS, GREER C. JANIS,
MICHAEL I. JANIS, and JONATHAN N. JANIS,
Plaintiffs,
v.

CASE NO: 8:09-cv-2308-T-26MAP

REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF
COLOMBIA (FARC), et al.,
Defendants.
/

ORDER
In view of the Claimants’ filing of a notice of appeal at docket 773, it is ordered and
adjudged that Claimants’ Motion to Alter Judgment Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 (Dkt. 772) and
Amended Motion to Alter Judgment Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 (Dkt. 774), which are directed at
the same orders being appealed from in the notice of appeal, are denied for lack of jurisdiction.
See Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58, 103 S.Ct. 400, 402, 74
L.Ed.2d 225 (1982) (stating that “[t]he filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional
significance - it confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its
control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.”).

DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, on May 6, 2013.

s/Richard A. Lazzara
RICHARD A. LAZZARA
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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