Opinion ID: 2403721
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Heading: Federal Practice Different

Text: We note that in similar circumstances, this situation would be handled differently in the federal court system. [12] Under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, when a premature notice of appeal is filed while a timely post-judgment motion is pending in the trial court, the premature notice of appeal is held in abeyance and becomes effective under Federal Appellate Rule 4(a)4(B)(i) when the trial court decides that post-judgment motion. [13] Thereafter, in the federal system, if a party desires to appeal from either the denial of that post-judgment motion or the altered or amended judgment that is entered after the disposition of the post-judgment motion, the appellant must file either a new or amended notice of appeal, otherwise the premature notice of appeal becomes effective only to appeal the initial order, e.g., as in this case, the grant of summary judgment. [14]