Opinion ID: 854746
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Text: ¶1 This case presents the issue of whether petitioner, Shane King, properly appealed after the district court entered an order denying his motion for a new trial. The court of appeals dismissed Mr. King’s appeal based on lack of appellate jurisdiction. It held that under rule 7(f)(2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure and our decision in Giusti v. Sterling Wentworth Corp., 2009 UT 2, 201 P.3d 966, Mr. King’s appeal was not ripe because it was not taken from a final, appealable order. Mr. King argues that the district court’s order was sufficiently final to trigger the appeal period under rule 7(f)(2). He additionally argues that our holding in Giusti is inapplicable because he seeks only to preserve, rather than to bar, appellate CENTRAL UTAH v. KING Opinion of the Court jurisdiction. Respondent, Central Utah Water Conservancy District (District), does not take a position on the issue. ¶2 Because the district court’s order was not a final, appealable order under rule 7(f)(2), we hold that Mr. King’s appeal was premature and that the court of appeals therefore correctly dismissed it without prejudice.