Opinion ID: 159634
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Heading: Order Defendants to Secure the Judgment

Text: 11 On June 8, 1998, after Shaw applied for her second Writ of Garnishment but before the Writ was quashed, Shaw moved the district court to secure the March 1998 fees and expenses judgment by directing Defendants to post a supersedeas bond. Although it does not appear from the record that the district court ever ruled on this motion, Shaw also asks this court to order Defendants to somehow secure the fees and expenses judgment. This court doubts whether the district court's Order Quashing the Writ of Garnishment is a final decision on Shaw's request to secure the fees and expenses judgment, and thus we doubt our subject matter jurisdiction over this issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We also note, however, that in light of our decisions affirming both the underlying merits judgment and the fees and expenses judgment, the issue of whether to require Defendants to secure the fees and expenses judgment pending appeal is now moot. 8 See Shaw I, 213 F.3d at 520; Shaw II, 213 F.3d at 545; Fed. R. Civ. Pro. 62(a), (d); see also Franklin Savings Corp. v. United States, 180 F.3d 1124, 1128 n.5, cert. denied, 120 S. Ct. 398 (1999). Accordingly, Shaw's second application for leave to supplement the appendix with the June 8, 1998 motion and supporting documentation is also denied as moot.