Opinion ID: 685664
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Defendants' Failure to Preserve their Objections

Text: 46 Plaintiffs contend that with respect to the functions of the legal assistants, ADOC never contested the relevant provision in the proposed order, thereby waiving its right to object after the final order was entered. However, Plaintiffs' citation of Gluth is inapposite because we held there that the defendants should have raised an argument on an issue when the district court entered its partial final judgment, which effectively closed that issue. 951 F.2d at 1511. Because the proposed order here does not constitute a final judgment, we reject Plaintiffs' argument that Defendants failed to preserve their objections. Moreover, in Gluth, despite the defendants' failure, we saw no reason to bar them from raising the issue on appeal. Id.