Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-26 20:00:55.969387+00
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USCA11 Case: 23-10718   Document: 44-1    Date Filed: 06/26/2023   Page: 1 of 3

                                                [DO NOT PUBLISH]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

                         ____________________

                              No. 23-10718
                         Non-Argument Calendar
                         ____________________

       In re: SHIRLEY WHITE-LETT,
                                                              Debtor.
       ___________________________________________________

       SHIRLEY WHITE-LETT,
                                                   Plaintiﬀ-Appellant,
       versus
       FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION,
       a.k.a. Fannie Mae,
       MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEM,
       INCORPORATED,
       (MERS),
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       MERSCORP HOLDINGS, INC.,
       d.b.a. MERS,
       BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

                                                    Defendants-Appellees,

       NEWREZ, INC., et al.,

                                                              Defendants.

                           ____________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Northern District of Georgia
                   D.C. Docket No. 4:22-cv-00082-WMR,
                        Bkcy No. 1:10-bk-61451-BEM
                          ____________________

       Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.
       PER CURIAM:
              The motions to dismiss the appeal filed by Bank of America,
       N.A.; MERSCOPR Holdings, Inc.; Mortgage Electronics Registra-
       tion Systems, Inc.; and Federal National Mortgage Association are
       GRANTED, and this appeal is DISMISSED.
             Although the district court’s February 17, 2023, order re-
       solved the claims against some of the defendants, it did not end the
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       litigation on the merits because the matters in the district court re-
       main pending as to the Bank of New York Mellon; the Bank of New
       York Mellon, Corporation; RRA CP Opportunity Trust 1; Shell-
       point Mortgage Servicing; and NewRez, LLC. Thus, because the
       district court did not certify the order under Federal Rule of Civil
       Procedure 54(b), it is not final or otherwise immediately appeala-
       ble. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291, 1292; Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Supreme Fuels
       Trading FZE v. Sargeant, 689 F.3d 1244, 1246 (11th Cir. 2012) (ex-
       plaining that an order adjudicating fewer than all the claims in a
       suit, or adjudicating the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the
       parties, is not a final judgment from which an appeal may be taken,
       unless the district court properly certifies a judgment on fewer than
       all claims or parties as “final” under Rule 54(b)); CSX Transp., Inc. v.
       City of Garden City, 235 F.3d 1325, 1327 (11th Cir. 2000) (“A final
       decision is one which ends the litigation on the merits and leaves
       nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.”). Addition-
       ally, the February 17, 2023, order is not appealable pursuant to 28
       U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) because no party sought injunctive relief in the
       district court, and the order did not grant or deny such relief. See
       28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1).
           All pending motions other than the motions to dismiss are
       DENIED as moot.