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Parties Involved:
American Fidelity Assurance Company
Respondent
The Bank of New York Mellon
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 

 Petitioner,

v.

AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

 Respondent.

No. 14-607

(D.C. No. 5:11-CV-01284-D)

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ORDER

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Before LUCERO, HOLMES, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before the court on the Petition for Leave to File Interlocutory 

Appeal, which was filed by the defendant in the underlying case, The Bank of New York 

Mellon. The petition was filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) and Federal Rule of 

Appellate Procedure 5. The plaintiff below, American Fidelity Assurance Company, filed 

an answer to the petition, which supports the request in the petition for immediate appeal.

Upon consideration, the petition is granted.

Within 14 days of the date of this order, The Bank of New York Mellon shall pay 

the $505 filing fees to the Clerk of the District Court for the Western District of 

Oklahoma. See Fed. R. App. P. 5(d)(1)(A). A notice of appeal is not required. Instead, 

the date of this order shall serve as the date of the notice of appeal. Id. at 5(d)(2). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

January 9, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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The clerk of this court is directed to open a new appeal once the district court 

notifies this court that the filing fees have been paid. Id. 5(d)(3).

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Lara Smith

 Counsel to the Clerk

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