Opinion ID: 2997879
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: The present action was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and the district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Following a jury trial, the district court granted the defendants’ Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law, reversing the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff and dismissing all of the plaintiff’s claims. This order represented a final resolution of all claims before the district court. Plaintiff timely filed her appeal on August 16, 2004. Accordingly, we now have jurisdiction over the present appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, which provides for appellate review of all final orders issued by the district courts. 6 Later, on October 18, 2004, the defendants filed a motion pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 50(c)(1) and 60(b) and Circuit Rule 57 requesting the district court to indicate whether its ruling on the defendants’ companion motion for a new trial was intended as a “conditional granting” of the motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(c)(1) should this Court remand the case to the district court. On November 17, 2004, the district court denied the motion as untimely but acknowledged that meeting the high standard required for judgment as a matter of law also implied meeting the lower standard for a new trial. (Nov. 17, 2004 Order at 2, 4-5.) 10 No. 04-3143