Opinion ID: 2537247
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Heading: Whether the Dolls' appeal is, to any extent, time-barred.[14]

Text: ¶ 13. The Dolls' lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) on December 2, 2008. On December 8, 2008, the Dolls filed their Motion to Reconsider. [15] On February 23, 2009, the circuit court denied that motion. Pursuant to Mississippi Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(d), the time for appeal commenced with the entry of that order. See Miss. R.App. P. 4(d); Pruett v. Malone, 767 So.2d 983, 985 (Miss. 2000) ([t]he order denying a motion to reconsider is a final judgment for purposes of appeal.). Therefore, to appeal that order, the Dolls were required under Mississippi Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a) to file notice of appeal within thirty days of February 23, 2009, i.e., on or before March 25, 2009. See Miss. R.App. P. 4(a). The Dolls filed no such notice of appeal. Instead, on March 2, 2009, the Dolls filed a Motion for Recusal. However, a motion for recusal is not among the motions listed in Mississippi Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(d) from which the time for appeal begins to run only upon disposition thereof. See Miss. R.App. P. 4(d). Accordingly, as the Dolls failed to timely appeal the February 23, 2009, order denying their Motion to Reconsider, the dismissal with prejudice became final thirty days later, on March 25, 2009. See Miss. R.App. P. 2(a)(1) ([a]n appeal shall be dismissed if the notice of appeal was not timely filed pursuant to Rules 4 or 5); Pruett, 767 So.2d at 985 (Rule 4(a) is a `hard-edged, mandatory' rule which this Court `strictly enforces.'... Appeals not perfected within 30 days will be dismissed, period.) (citations omitted). Therefore, this Court concludes that the Dolls' appeal of their denied Motion to Reconsider is time-barred.