Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-26 20:01:19.796468+00
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NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                                 _______________

                                      No. 22-1847
                                    _______________

                                   JAMES STEUERT,
                                                        Appellant
                                             v.

                      L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                               _______________

                     On Appeal from the United States District Court
                               for the District of New Jersey
                                 (D.C. No. 1:11-cv-03385)
                     District Judge: Honorable Joseph H. Rodriguez
                                     _______________
                      Submitted Under Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a)
                                 on January 26, 2023

              Before: BIBAS, NYGAARD, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges

                                 (Filed: January 26, 2023)
                                     _______________

                                       OPINION *
                                    _______________

BIBAS, Circuit Judge.

    James Steuert appeals the dismissal of his complaint. But because the District Court

never issued a final judgment, we lack jurisdiction to review that dismissal. 28 U.S.C.

§ 1291. The District Court gave Steuert twenty days to file an amended complaint but did

*
  This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and, under I.O.P. 5.7, is not binding
precedent.
not “provide[ ] express notice” that its order would “automatically produce a final order of

dismissal when the time to amend [ran] out.” Weber v. McGrogan, 939 F.3d 232, 240 (3d

Cir. 2019). And though Steuert filed a notice of appeal after those twenty days, he did not

clearly stand on his complaint. See id. So we will dismiss his appeal.

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