UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE DIVISION

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

-vs- Case No. 3:10-cv-1155-J-37JRK

SAM KAZRAN,

Defendant.

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AMENDED JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE

Decision by Court. This action came to trial or hearing before the Court. The issues have been

tried or heard and a decision has been rendered.

IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED THAT Plaintiff, Federal Election

Commission, recover from Defendant, Sam Kazran, the amount of $3000

plus 25 periodic payments of $100 per month beginning 30 days from the

date of entry of this judgment; provided however, Defendant Sam Kazran

may satisfy this judgment by paying a total of $5000 to Plaintiff on or before

March 31, 2012.

Date: March 8, 2012

SHERYL L. LOESCH, CLERK 

By: /s/ Denise Seymour 

Deputy Clerk

Copy to:

Counsel of Record

Unrepresented Parties

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CIVIL APPEALS JURISDICTION CHECKLIST

1. Appealable Orders: Courts of Appeals have jurisdiction conferred and strictly limited by statute:

(a) Appeals from final orders pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1291: Only final orders and judgments of district courts, or

final orders of bankruptcy courts which have been appealed to and fully resolved by a district court under 28 U.S.C.

Section 158, generally are appealable. A final decision is one that “ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for

the court to do but execute the judgment.” Pitney Bowes, Inc. V. Mestre, 701 F.2d 1365, 1368 (11th Cir. 1983). A

magistrate judge’s report and recommendation is not final and appealable until judgment thereon is entered by a district

court judge. 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c).

(b) In cases involving multiple parties or multiple claims, a judgment as to fewer than all parties or all claims is not a final,

appealable decision unless the district court has certified the judgment for immediate review under Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b),

Williams v. Bishop, 732 F.2d 885, 885-86 (11th Cir. 1984). A judgment which resolves all issues except matters, such as

attorneys’ fees and costs, that are collateral to the merits, is immediately appealable. Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co.,

486 U.S. 196, 201, 108 S. Ct. 1717, 1721-22, 100 L.Ed.2d 178 (1988); LaChance v. Duffy’s Draft House, Inc., 146 F.3d

832, 837 (11th Cir. 1998).

(c) Appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1292(a): Appeals are permitted from orders “granting, continuing, modifying,

refusing or dissolving injunctions or refusing to dissolve or modify injunctions...” and from “[i]nterlocutory

decrees...determining the rights and liabilities of parties to admiralty cases in which appeals from final decrees are

allowed.” Interlocutory appeals from orders denying temporary restraining orders are not permitted.

(d) Appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1292(b) and Fed.R.App.P.5: The certification specified in 28 U.S.C. Section

1292(b) must be obtained before a petition for permission to appeal is filed in the Court of Appeals. The district court’s

denial of a motion for certification is not itself appealable.

(e) Appeals pursuant to judicially created exceptions to the finality rule: Limited exceptions are discussed in cases

including, but not limited to: Cohen V. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541,546,69 S.Ct. 1221, 1225-26, 93 L.Ed.

1528 (1949); Atlantic Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n v. Blythe Eastman Paine Webber, Inc., 890 F. 2d 371, 376 (11th Cir. 1989);

Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp., 379 U.S. 148, 157, 85 S. Ct. 308, 312, 13 L.Ed.2d 199 (1964).

2. Time for Filing: The timely filing of a notice of appeal is mandatory and jurisdictional. Rinaldo v. Corbett, 256 F.3d 1276, 1278

(11th Cir. 2001). In civil cases, Fed.R.App.P.4(a) and (c) set the following time limits:

(a) Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1): A notice of appeal in compliance with the requirements set forth in Fed.R.App.P. 3 must be filed in

the district court within 30 days after the entry of the order or judgment appealed from. However, if the United States or an

officer or agency thereof is a party, the notice of appeal must be filed in the district court within 60 days after such entry. 

THE NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED AND FILED IN THE DISTRICT COURT NO LATER THAN THE LAST

DAY OF THE APPEAL PERIOD - no additional days are provided for mailing. Special filing provisions for inmates

are discussed below.

(b) Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(3): “If one party timely files a notice of appeal, any other party may file a notice of appeal within 14

days after the date when the first notice was filed, or within the time otherwise prescribed by this Rule 4(a), whichever

period ends later.”

(c) Fed.R.App.P.4(a)(4): If any party makes a timely motion in the district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure of

a type specified in this rule, the time for appeal for all parties runs from the date of entry of the order disposing of the last

such timely filed motion.

(d) Fed.R.App.P.4(a)(5) and 4(a)(6): Under certain limited circumstances, the district court may extend the time to file a

notice of appeal. Under Rule 4(a)(5), the time may be extended if a motion for an extension is filed within 30 days after

expiration of the time otherwise provided to file a notice of appeal, upon a showing of excusable neglect or good cause. 

Under Rule 4(a)(6), the time may be extended if the district court finds upon motion that a party did not timely receive

notice of the entry of the judgment or order, and that no party would be prejudiced by an extension.

(e) Fed.R.App.P.4(c): If an inmate confined to an institution files a notice of appeal in either a civil case or a criminal case,

the notice of appeal is timely if it is deposited in the institution’s internal mail system on or before the last day for filing. 

Timely filing may be shown by a declaration in compliance with 28 U.S.C. Section 1746 or a notarized statement, either of

which must set forth the date of deposit and state that first-class postage has been prepaid.

3. Format of the notice of appeal: Form 1, Appendix of Forms to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, is a suitable format. See

also Fed.R.App.P. 3(c). A pro se notice of appeal must be signed by the appellant

4. Effect of a notice of appeal: A district court loses jurisdiction (authority) to act after the filing of a timely notice of appeal, except for

actions in aid of appellate jurisdiction or to rule on a timely motion of the type specified in Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(4).

Rev.: 4/04

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