Opinion ID: 35393
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Text: 14 Plaintiffs claim that they were forced to file a notice of appeal in order to preserve their appellate issues while the district court was considering their Rule 60(b) motion. Plaintiffs, however, do not point to any authority suggesting that this forced situation creates an exception to the general rule that the district court's jurisdiction is divested upon filing the notice of appeal. Furthermore, we have previously determined that our procedure — an appellant may make a motion to the court of appeals for a remand if the district court indicates an intention to grant the Rule 60(b) motion — will relieve a party from being forced to elect between two available remedies. Winchester, 68 F.3d at 949. 3 This argument, therefore, is without merit.