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OP I NI ONL o ca l R u le of C ivil P roc ed u re 7 . 1 (e) o f th e E astern 1 D i s t r i ctof Penns y l vani a provi des t hata pos t - t r i al m ot i on m aybe d ism issed fo r la c k o f p rose cu ti o n if t h e m o v an t fail s to o rde r a t r ans cr i ptof t he tr i al , o r f il e a mot i on s how i ng good caus e t o be exempt ed fr om t hatr equi r ement , w i t hi n four t een da y s aft erfi l i ng t he mot i on. Pur s uantt o t he l ocal rul es of t hi s cour t , an appea l m aybe 2 di s m i s s ed w hen the appe l l ant , aft er r ece i vi ng not i ce fr om t he cl er k, fai l s t o t i m el y corr ect a defe ct i n t he appea l under t he Feder al R ul es o f A p p e lla te P ro c e d u re o r o u r R u le s . See 3d C i r . R . 107. 2. 2 SL O V I T E R , C i r cui tJ udge. A ppel l antR onal d L ynch and J ames K os a w er e part ner s i n a bus i nes s pr ovi di ng
m ar ket i ng and adve r t i s i ng s er vi ces . T he r el at i ons hi p di s i nt egr at ed and K os a s ued Ly nch in s ta te c o u rt s e e k in g d is s o lu tio n o f th e p a rt n e rs h ip , a n a c c o u n tin g , a n d re la te d re lie f. L ynch r emoved t he ca s e t o fede r al cour tbas ed on di ver s i t yof ci t i zens hi p. T he
m at t erw as s ubm i t t ed t o a j ury , w hi ch found f orK os a i n t he amount of $78, 062; j udgm ent
w as ent er ed on J ul y25, 2005. L ynch fi l ed a mot i on underFeder al R ul e of Ci vi l Pr ocedur e 50( b) forj udgm entas a mat t erof l aw butfai l ed t o pr os ecut e t i m el yand the D i s t r i ctC our tdi s m i s s ed the mot i on i n an or derent er ed Sept ember 1, 2005. L ynch then appe al ed t o t hi s cour tw hi ch, on 1 S e p t e mb e r2 8 , 2 0 0 6 , d i s mi s s e d t h e a p p e a l f o rL yn c h ’ s f

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2 A pr i l 14, 2008, t he D i s t r i ctC our tent er ed an or derdi r ect i ng s at i s fac t i on of t he j udgm ent
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a v o r o f K o sa , as w e ll as re late d c o sts a n d in ter e st, o u t o f c e rta in f u n d s h e ld in
es cr ow fort hatpurpos e. A l t hough t hati s t he or deron appea l , L ynch does notchal l engeth a t o rd e r, b u t r a th e r r a is e s a n u m b e r o f c la im s a tta c k in g th e u n d e rl y in g ju d g m e n t. L ynch i s es s ent i al l ys eeki ng a s econd bi t e att he appl e, butt he t i m e forr ai s i ng any c h a llen g e s to th e u n d e rly in g ju d g m e n t h a s c lea rlyp a ss e d u n d e r F e d e ra l R u le o f A p p e llate Pr ocedur e 4. L ynch r ai s es no chal l enges s peci fi c t o t he D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s A pr i l 14, 2008,
or derenfor ci ng t he j udgm ent , and w e s ee no r eas on t o s eti tas i de. F o r th e a b o v e -sta ted re a so n s, w e w ill a f f irm th e o rd e r o f

th e D istric t C o u rt.

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