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Parties Involved:
Cliff Blonquist
Appellee
Ron Perry
Appellee
Snyderville Basin Sewer Improvement District
Appellee
Stan Strebel
Appellee
Summit County
Appellee
White Pine Ranches
Appellant
Gerald Young
Appellee

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UNITED STATES COURT OF 

PILED 

APPEALS United &ares UJUrt ol Appeals 

Tenth Ciraait 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT FEB 2 3 1988 

ROBERT L HOECKER 

Clerk WHITE PINE RANCHES, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

SUMMIT COUNTY; RON PERRY; CLIFF 

BLONQUIST; GERALD YOUNG, as 

Commissioners of Summit County; 

STAN STREBEL, individually and as 

Planning Director of Summit County; 

SNYDERVILLE BASIN SEWER IMPROVEMENT 

DISTRICT; and John Does I-X, 

Defendants-Appellees. 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

No. 86-2815 

(D.C. No. C-84-2090W) 

( D. Utah) 

Before MOORE and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and BRIMMER, Chief Judge.* 

*Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, Chief Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Wyoming, sitting by 

designation. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.8. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

This matter is before the court on defendants' motion to 

dismiss this appeal as untimely or in the alternative to affirm. 

Appellate Case: 86-2815 Document: 010110027455 Date Filed: 02/23/1988 Page: 1 
On June 30, 1986, the district court entered a memorandum 

decision granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. 

Plaintiff filed a motion to alter or amend judgment or for a new 

trial pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(b) and 59 on July 9, 1986. 

On July 29, 1986, the court entered its order granting summary 

judgment. Plaintiff filed a motion to vacate and set aside the 

judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) on September 22, 1986. 

The court denied the motion, and plaintiff filed a timely notice 

of appeal. 

The fact that plaintiff filed its Rule 52(b) and 59 motions 

prior to the entry of final judgment does not affect the 

timeliness of the motions. Director of Revenue, State of Colorado 

v. Un ited States, 392 F.2d 307 (10th Cir. 1968). 

The timely filing of a Rule 52(b) or 59 motion tolls the time 

for appeal to this court. Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4). Plaintiff's 

mot i ons were properly and timely filed in district court. A 

notice of appeal filed while these motions are pending will not 

confer jurisdiction on the court of appeals. Griggs v . Provident 

Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56 (1982); Skagerberg v. Oklahoma, 

797 F.2d 881 (10th Cir. 1986). 

Defendants state that plaintiff "was advised that Rules 52 

and 59 had no application to a Motion for Summary Judgment and 

that is why the hearing on said motions was cancelled [sic]." 

Plaintiff also states that the district court refused to consider 

the motions. There is no entry on the docket sheet indicating any 

ruling on these motions. 

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"That a motion for reconsideration relates to an order 

granting summary judgment does not relieve the district court of 

its responsibility to hear the motion." Sidney-Vinstein v. A.H. 

Robins Co., 697 F.2d 880, 885 (9th Cir. 1983). See Griggs, 459 

U.S. 56; Houston v. National Gen. Ins. Co., 817 F.2d 83 (10th Cir. 

1987). 

While plaintiff's appeal from the denial of the Rule 60(b) 

motion was timely, this court is without jurisdiction over the 

appeal due to the motions pending in district court. 

The appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction. We 

recommend the district court rule on plaintiff's Rule 52(b) and 59 

motions. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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