Court Opinion

ID: 9824697
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 11:09:41.244665+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:39:58.785009
License: Public Domain

DIETZ, Judge, concurring.
I agree with the majority's statement that "motions may not be made in a brief" filed with this Court. The Rules of Appellate Procedure impose different rules for motions and briefs and, for that reason, the two should not be joined in a single filing. I write separately to emphasize that this rule does not prohibit an appellee from arguing in a brief that the appeal should be dismissed, whether for lack of appellate jurisdiction or any other reason. Both the Rules of Appellate Procedure and our precedent permit litigants to argue in their briefs that the proper disposition of an appeal, or some portion of it, is dismissal.