Jacobs v. Soars et al

Filing 164

District Judge Leo T. Sorokin: ORDER entered denying 160 Motion to Correct. (PSSA, 4)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
LISA A. JACOBS,
Plaintiff,
v.
DAVID SOARS, et al.,
Defendants.

LISA A. JACOBS,
Plaintiff,
v.
DEBORAH DAVENPORT, et al.,
Defendants.

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C.A. No. 14-12536-LTS

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C.A. No. 14-12537-LTS

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS “FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, ETC.”
SOROKIN, D.J.
Now before the Court are identical motions seeking to have the undersigned (A) grant a
new date to file an amended complaint; (B) “correct the errors;” (C) send both cases to Superior
Court; (D) reconsider allowing the cases to remain in federal court; (E) reconsideration of
decision; and (F) order the Town of Weston to provide services to plaintiff and her mother.
The Court’s records indicate that plaintiff filed notices of appeal from the dismissal of
these actions. Because of this, the court lacks jurisdiction to address the issues raised in the
instant motions. With some exceptions, the filing of a notice of appeal “confers jurisdiction on
the court of appeals and divests the district court of control over those aspects of the case
involved in the appeal.” Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58, 103 S.Ct.
400, 74 L.Ed.2d 225 (1982) (per curiam), superseded on other grounds by Fed. R.App. P.
4(a)(4)(B); see 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (providing in part that the courts of appeals “shall have
jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts ....”).

Here, plaintiff has filed notices of appeal. Although plaintiff titles her motions as seeking
“clerical correction,” this title is a misnomer because there are no “clerical” errors that require
correction. Therefore, the Court therefore DENIES plaintiff’s Motions for clerical corrections
and declines further action on these cases pending instructions from the Court of Appeals to the
contrary.
SO ORDERED.

June 18, 2015
DATE

/s/ Leo T. Sorokin
LEO T. SOROKIN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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