Opinion ID: 146651
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Heading: post-judgment interest: marine salvage

Text: Federal law governs post-judgment interest. Harris, 15 F.3d at 431 & n. 4. Post-judgment interest is awarded as a matter of course. 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a) (2006) (Interest shall be allowed on any money judgment in a civil case recovered in a district court.). The matter is not discretionary. E.g., Reeves v. Int'l Tel. & Tel. Corp., 705 F.2d 750, 752 (5th Cir.1983) (The failure of the district court to allow post-judgment interest on its original judgment... was patently an oversight, for interest was allowable of right, not as a matter of discretion.). Moreover, failure to brief the matter is treated as oversight, not waiver. Id. ; accord Hall v. White, Getgey, Meyer Co., LPA, 465 F.3d 587, 594 (5th Cir.2006) (rejecting argument that § 1961 did not apply because prevailing party did not argue it on appeal). Because we will vacate the district court's denial of prejudgment interest, we do so with regard to post-judgment interest as well, and remand for modification of judgment.