UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

Case No.: 17-cv-22643 COOKE/GOODMAN 

 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, 

 

Plaintiff, 

 

v. 

DAVID RIVERA, 

Defendant. 

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NOTICE OF APPEAL 

Defendant David Rivera respectfully files this notice of appeal to the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from the final judgment entered on March 30, 2022. See [DE 

177]. Rivera respectfully requests that the appeal be held in abeyance pending the outcome of his 

pending motion to alter or amend the judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) or to grant relief 

from the judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). See [DE 179]; Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(B)(i) 

(providing that a notice of appeal filed before the district court has disposed of any tolling motions 

becomes effective when the district court issues an order resolving the last remaining motion); 

Williams v. Pettiford, 238 F. App’x 459, 461 (11th Cir. 2007) (“A premature notice of appeal does 

not divest the district court of jurisdiction to rule upon a timely-filed Rule 59(e) motion.”); 

Raghubir v. Taylor, No. 20-12549-G, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 35011, at *1 (11th Cir. Nov. 4, 2020) 

(holding notice of appeal in abeyance pending district court’s ruling on Rule 59(e) motion); 

Stansell v. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, 771 F.3d 713, 745-46 (11th Cir. 2014) (“In 

1993, Rule 4(a) was specifically amended in response to Griggs and now provides that a notice of 

appeal filed during the pendency of a Rule 59 motion is simply suspended.”); Wilson v. Fla. Dep’t 

of Corr., No. 20-13558-F, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 9683, at *2-3 (11th Cir. Apr. 2, 2021); see also

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Banister v. Davis, 140 S. Ct. 1698, 1700 (2020) (“A timely filed motion suspends the finality of 

the original judgment for purposes of appeal, and only the district court's disposition of the motion 

restores finality and starts the 30-day appeal clock. If an appeal follows, the ruling on the motion 

merges with the original determination into a single judgment.”) (“[I]f [appellant] timely submits 

a Rule 59(e) motion, there is no longer a final judgment to appeal from. Only the disposition of 

that motion restores the finality of the original judgment, thus starting the 30-day appeal clock.”) 

(internal citations omitted). 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on April 28, 2022, a copy of this document was furnished by 

electronic filing with the Clerk of the Court via CM/ECF, to: 

Greg J. Mueller 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

1050 First Street, NE 

Washington, DC 20463 

202-694-1650 

gmueller@fec.gov 

Counsel for Plaintiff FEC

Kevin Deeley 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

999 E. Street NW 

Washington, DC 20463 

202-694-1650 

kdeeley@fec.gov 

Counsel for Plaintiff FEC

Lisa J. Stevenson 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

999 E. Street NW 

Washington, DC 20463 

202-694-1650 

lstevenson@fec.gov 

Counsel for Plaintiff FEC

Harry J. Summers 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

999 E Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20463 

202-694-1553 

hsummers@fec.gov 

Counsel for Plaintiff FEC

Shaina Ward 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

1050 First Street NE 

Washington, DC 20463 

202-694-1566 

sward@fec.gov 

Counsel for Plaintiff FEC 

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Jeffrey David Feldman 

Fla. Bar No. 330302 

TRAILBLAZER

1200 Brickell Avenue 

Penthouse 1900 

Miami, FL 33131 

305-222-7851 

jfeldman@trailblazerlaw.com 

Counsel for Defendant David Rivera 

Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Thomas L. Hunker 

Thomas L. Hunker 

Fla. Bar No. 38325 

Sarah Hafeez 

Fla. Bar No. 111518 

HUNKER APPEALS

110 SE 6th Street, Suite 2330 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 

877-841-8808 

thomas.hunker@hunkerappeals.com 

sarah.hafeez@hunkerappeals.com 

stefanie.eiermann@hunkerappeals.com 

cyndy.wald@hunkerappeals.com 

Counsel for Defendant David Rivera

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