Opinion ID: 4265579
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Heading: Other Adequate Means of Relief

Text: Barnes could not have immediately appealed the district court’s pretrial denials of summary judgment, which were not final orders. 15 See Thomas, 818 F.3d at 874. Furthermore, although Barnes did not request certification of an interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), we seriously doubt that the district court would have granted such a request given the evidentiary nature of its rulings. In the district court’s view, Barnes was not entitled to maintenance due to evidentiary insufficiency rather than a controlling question of law as required by § 1292(b). Nor can Barnes seek review of the district court’s orders denying summary judgment after a trial on the merits and final judgment. See Ortiz v. Jordan, 562 U.S. 180, 183–84 (2011). Thus, the first Bauman factor favors relief. 15 Barnes sought permission to file an interlocutory appeal under § 1292(a)(3) from the district court’s first order denying his motion for summary judgment to set a maintenance rate, but the district court denied this request after concluding that its ruling did not “finally determine . . . the parties’ rights and liabilities.” BARNES V. SEA HAWAII RAFTING 31