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Parties Involved:
Matthew Gadd
Respondent
South Jordan City
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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SOUTH JORDAN CITY, 

 Petitioner,

v.

MATTHEW GADD, an individual, 

 Respondent.

No. 16-603

(D.C. No. 2:15-CV-00667-JNP-EJF)

(D. Utah)

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ORDER

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Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Circuit Judge, and KELLY and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

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This matter is before us on the Fed. R. App. P. 5 Petition for Permission to Appeal 

(“Petition”) filed by South Jordan City (the “City”), and Respondent Matthew Gadd’s 

answer in opposition to the Petition. For the reasons set forth below, the Petition is 

denied.

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 5 prescribes the procedure for seeking 

permission to file an interlocutory appeal that is otherwise authorized by another rule or 

statute. See Fed. R. App. P. 5(b)(1)(D) (a petition for permission to appeal must state “the 

reasons why the appeal [...] is authorized by a statute or rule....”) (emphasis added); 

Fed. R. App. P. 5(a)(2) (a petition for permission to appeal must “be filed within the time 

specified by the rule or statute authorizing the appeal ”) (emphasis added). While the 

City’s argument in favor of pendent appellate jurisdiction might constitute a viable basis 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

May 12, 2016

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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for the City to file its own interlocutory appeal, it is not sufficient to sustain a Fed. R. 

App. P. 5 petition, which must cite to a statute or rule that gives this court discretion to 

permit the requested appeal. In light of the foregoing, the City’s Petition is denied.

The Honorable Harris Hartz dissents, and would treat the City’s Petition as a 

notice of appeal. 

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Chris Wolpert

 Chief Deputy Clerk

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