Court Opinion

ID: 9493102
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:58:15.157675+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:55:39.237585
License: Public Domain

TATEL, Circuit Judge,
with whom EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and SENTELLE and GARLAND, Circuit Judges, join,
dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc:
In my view, this case raises a “question of exceptional importance” because the panel decision will produce precisely the kind of uncertainty and potential loss of appeal rights that Rule 58 was intended to prevent. I trust, however, that our district court colleagues will recognize that there is no disagreement on the panel that the simplest solution is for them to instruct the Clerk of Court to issue judgments adhering to Model Forms 31 and 32. By doing so, they will provide the certainty Rule 58 demands, prevent accidental loss of appeal rights, and. ensure that this court will never again have to address this issue. See Kidd v. District of Columbia, 206 F.3d 35, 41 (D.C.Cir.2000); id. at 44 (Tatel, J., dissenting).