Appeals – Timeliness – Fee request

Even though an appeal was filed within 30 days after a postjudgment order denying a statutory counsel fee request, the appeal must be dismissed as untimely because it was filed more than 30 days after the final judgment on the merits.
House of Flavors, Inc. v. TFG-Michigan, L.P. (Lawyers Weekly No. 01-309-12) (12 pages) (Boudin, J.) (1st Circuit) Appealed from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (Docket No. 12-1398) (Nov. 21, 2012).