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[DO NOT PUBLISH]

In the

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eleventh Circuit

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No. 24-13786

Non-Argument Calendar

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ABRAKA VANESSA OKPOSIO, 

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

BARRY UNIVERSITY, INC., 

a Florida corporation, 

BETHANY PIERPONT, 

individually,

LETICIA M. DIAZ, 

ROXANNA P. CRUZ,

MARIA L. ALVAREZ, et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Florida

D.C. Docket No. 1:20-cv-23814-DPG

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Before ROSENBAUM, BRANCH, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdiction. Abraka Okposio, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s 

October 17, 2024 order denying her motion for default judgment. 

We lack jurisdiction over Okposio’s appeal because the district court’s October 17 order was not final and appealable, given 

that Okposio’s third amended complaint remains pending before 

the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (providing that appellate jurisdiction is generally limited to “final decisions of the district 

courts”); Acheron Cap., Ltd. v. Mukamal, 22 F.4th 979, 986 (11th Cir. 

2022) (providing that an appealable final order ends the litigation 

on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute its 

judgment); Mass. Cas. Inc. Co. v. Forman, 469 F.2d 259, 260 n.1 (5th 

Cir. 1972) (“The denial of the [] motion for default judgment is not 

an appealable decision.”). The order is also not effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment resolving the case on the 

merits. See Plaintiff A v. Schair, 744 F.3d 1247, 1252-53 (11th Cir. 

2014) (explaining that a ruling that does not conclude the litigation 

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may be appealed under the collateral order doctrine if it, inter alia, 

is “effectively unreviewable on appeal from a final judgment”).

No petition for rehearing may be filed unless it complies 

with the timing and other requirements of 11th Cir. R. 40-3 and all 

other applicable rules. 

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