George Rakovich v. Gregory Wade, Darryl Drake, and Chester Kass

Defendants-appellants (“appellants”) seek to obtain for the second time a stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment for attorney’s fees, pending adjudication of their appeal. We denied the first such motion for stay without prejudice and instructed appellants to file their motion in the district court pursuant to Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Appellants promptly moved for stay of judgment of attorney’s fees in the district court. That court, however, denied the motion on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction to grant such relief while an appeal was pending.…