Taser International, Inc. v. Steven Abboud

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: May 23, 2024
• Docket: 24-10414
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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[DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit

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No. 24-10414 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________

TASER INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation now known as Axon Enterprise, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, versus PHAZZER ELECTRONICS, INC., a Delaware corporation, et al.,

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STEVEN ABBOUD, a Florida citizen,

Defendant-CounterClaimant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 6:16-cv-00366-PGB-LHP ____________________

Before WILSON, JILL PRYOR, and GRANT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Upon review of the record and the parties’ responses to the jurisdictional questions, this appeal is DISMISSED for lack of juris- diction. We agree with the parties that the district court’s January 17, 2024 order entering default judgment for Taser International, Inc. and imposing attorney’s fees in an amount to be determined is not final or appealable. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Acheron Cap., Ltd. v. Muk- amal, 22 F.4th 979, 986 (11th Cir. 2022); Jaffe v. Sundowner Properties, Inc., 808 F.2d 1425, 1426-27 (11th Cir. 1987). The district court re- solved the postjudgment proceedings on sanctions grounds under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37 and awarded an unspecified amount of attorney’s fees as one of multiple sanctions. Thus, the USCA11 Case: 24-10414 Document: 20-1 Date Filed: 05/23/2024 Page: 3 of 3

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district court’s order will not be final and appealable until the amount of the attorney’s fees award is determined. See Jaffe, 808 F.2d at 1426-27. Further, the remaining orders designated in Steven Abboud’s notice of appeal are not final or otherwise imme- diately appealable. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Accordingly, we lack ju- risdiction over this appeal.