Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-30 14:00:50.405188+00
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USCA11 Case: 23-11414    Document: 10-1     Date Filed: 05/30/2023   Page: 1 of 2

                                                  [DO NOT PUBLISH]
                                   In the
                United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eleventh Circuit

                          ____________________

                                No. 23-11414
                          Non-Argument Calendar
                          ____________________

       W. A. GRIFFIN, MD,
                                                     Plaintiﬀ-Appellant,
       versus
       BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTHCARE PLAN OF
       GEORGIA, INC.,

                                                   Defendant-Appellee.

                          ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Northern District of Georgia
                    D.C. Docket No. 1:22-cv-01341-SEG
USCA11 Case: 23-11414      Document: 10-1     Date Filed: 05/30/2023     Page: 2 of 2

       2                      Opinion of the Court                 23-11414

                            ____________________

       Before BRANCH, LUCK, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
              The “amended notice of appeal” filed in this action on April
       24, 2023, by itself, is untimely to challenge the district court’s
       March 22, 2023 final order and judgment. See 28 U.S.C. § 2107(a);
       Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). However, the notice of appeal filed on
       April 20, 2023 in case no. 1:22-cv-85 appears to have been mistak-
       enly filed in that case and is both timely and evinces an intent to
       challenge the final order of dismissal in this case. Accordingly, we
       construe the April 20, 2023 notice of appeal as challenging the
       March 22, 2023 final order and judgment. See Becker v. Montgomery,
       532 U.S. 757, 767 (2001); KH Outdoor, LLC v. City of Trussville, 465
       F.3d 1256, 1260 (11th Cir. 2006).
              The district court is DIRECTED to docket the April 20, 2023
       notice of appeal in the instant case and transmit it to this Court for
       further proceedings. Once received by this Court, the Clerk is
       DIRECTED to docket the April 20, 2023 notice of appeal in the in-
       stant appeal.