Infinity General Construction Services, Inc. v. Argonaut Insurance Company
Infinity General Construction Services, Inc. v. Argonaut Insurance Company
Opinion
USCA11 Case: 25-11851 Document: 23-1 Date Filed: 12/05/2025 Page: 1 of 3
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-11851 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________
INFINITY GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., a Florida corporation, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellant, versus
ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee, CRYSTAL HOSPITALITY, LLC, a Foreign corporation, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida D.C. Docket No. 6:23-cv-01071-CEM-LHP ____________________
Before JORDAN, NEWSOM, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges. USCA11 Case: 25-11851 Document: 23-1 Date Filed: 12/05/2025 Page: 2 of 3
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PER CURIAM: Infinity General Construction Services, Inc., (“Infinity”) ap- peals the district court’s May 7, 2025, order and judgment granting summary judgment to defendant Argonaut Insurance Company (“Argonaut”) as to Infinity’s claim against Argonaut. The district court did not certify that order for immediate review. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b). Argonaut moves to dismiss this appeal because it is not taken from a final judgment. Specifically, Argonaut states that the district court has not yet resolved Infinity’s claim against defendant Crystal Hospitality, LLC (“Crystal”). Infinity responds that, after it filed its notice of appeal, on June 23, 2025, it filed a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 mo- tion for relief from the May 7 order. It asserts that, if the district court grants the motion, then this appeal would stand to be dis- missed in favor of the district court’s jurisdiction. We granted In- finity’s motion to stay the appeal pending the district court’s reso- lution of the Rule 60 motion. We conclude that we lack jurisdiction over this appeal be- cause the district court never entered a final order. See 28 U.S.C. § 1291; CSX Transp., Inc. v. City of Garden City, 235 F.3d 1325, 1327 (11th Cir. 2000). Specifically, the district court did not resolve In- finity’s claim against Crystal or Crystal’s counterclaims against In- finity. See Supreme Fuels Trading FZE v. Sargeant, 689 F.3d 1244, 1246 (11th Cir. 2012). The May 7 order is not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine because it is reviewable on USCA11 Case: 25-11851 Document: 23-1 Date Filed: 12/05/2025 Page: 3 of 3
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appeal from the final judgment. See Plaintiff A v. Schair, 744 F.3d 1247, 1252-53 (11th Cir. 2014). Infinity’s pending Rule 60 motion seeking relief from the May 7 order does not affect our conclusion. Infinity did not file its motion within 28 days of the May 7 order, so that motion does not suspend the effectiveness of Infinity’s notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(A)(vi); Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). Further, Infinity does not need to seek an indicative ruling as to its Rule 60 motion be- cause the district court has the authority to grant the motion. See Mahone v. Ray, 326 F.3d 1176, 1180 (11th Cir. 2003) (stating that a district court must follow the indicative-ruling procedures if it lacks the authority to grant a motion that it determines should be granted); Griggs v. Provident Consumer Disc. Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982) (“The filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional significance—it confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and di- vests the district court of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal.”); United States v. Hitchmon, 602 F.2d 689, 694 (5th Cir. 1979) (en banc) (explaining that the filing of a notice of appeal from a nonappealable order does not divest the district court of jurisdiction), superseded by statute on other grounds as recog- nized in United States v. Martinez, 763 F.2d 1297 (11th Cir. 1985). Accordingly, the stay of this appeal is LIFTED, Argonaut’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and this appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
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