Opinion ID: 2359296
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Text: ¶ 1 This case involves a previous, unsuccessful petition for interlocutory appeal of a judgment certified as final under rule 54(b) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure. The interlocutory petition was denied by the court of appeals in 2008, and many months later, the Appellant (Mr. Archer) attempted to appeal the same issues (this time as an appeal as of right) at the conclusion of the trial in the district court. The court of appeals held that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the second appeal, because it was untimely as to the previously certified issues. The court of appeals also held that by failing to bring a timely appeal as of right, Mr. Archer had waived his argument that the judgment was improperly certified under rule 54(b). Because a plain reading of the relevant rules requires an appellant to bring an appeal as of right within thirty days of final judgment, we affirm the court of appeals' decision.