Leonardo Crespo v. TSLA

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: March 19, 2026
• Docket: 25-12932
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

USCA11 Case: 25-12932 Document: 8-1 Date Filed: 03/19/2026 Page: 1 of 2

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-12932 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

LEONARDO CRESPO, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus

TESLA, INC., a foreign corporation, TESLA FLORIDA, INC., a Florida corporation, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 9:25-cv-80129-DMM ____________________

Before JILL PRYOR, LAGOA, and ABUDU, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: USCA11 Case: 25-12932 Document: 8-1 Date Filed: 03/19/2026 Page: 2 of 2

2 Opinion of the Court 25-12932

This appeal is DISMISSED, sua sponte, for lack of jurisdiction. Leonardo Crespo, pro se, appeals from the district court’s order denying his motion to enforce the defendants’ demand for a jury trial. While this appeal was pending, the district court entered final judgment. The appealed order is not final because it did not end the ligation on the merits. 28 U.S.C. § 1291; CSX Transp., Inc. v. City of Garden City, 235 F.3d 1325, 1327 (11th Cir. 2000) (explaining that a final judgment leaves nothing for the district court to do but execute the judgment). Crespo’s amended complaint remained pending when the order was entered. And the order is not otherwise immediately appealable. See Howard v. Parisian, Inc., 807 F.2d 1560, 1566-67 (11th Cir. 1987) (holding that an interlocutory order denying a jury trial in a civil action is not reviewable under the collateral order doctrine). Nor does the subsequent entry of final judgment cure Crespo’s premature appeal. See Robinson v. Tanner, 798 F.2d 1378, 1382-83 (11th Cir. 1986) (explaining that a subsequent final judgment cures a premature appeal only when the appeal is from an otherwise final order dismissing a claim or party). All pending motions are DENIED as moot.