KRISTI K. DuBOSE, District Judge.
This action is before the Court on the following motions:
The motion of certain defendants/counterclaimants to set aside the stay of execution of the remand order — Bama Bayou, LLC, Gulf World, LLC, Scott Raley, Sue Raley, James W. Branyon, Carroll J. Castille, Stacey Castille, Sara Rebecca Bain, a/k/a Sara Rebecca Nicholls, Lester L. Boihem, Diane D. Boihem, A. B. Harrison, Debra Harrison, Stephen C. Lawler and Jennifer K. Lawler (Doc. 43);
joinder and adoption of the motion to set aside filed by defendants/counterclaimants Jason Dyken, Paul E. Callicoat and Wendy Callicoat (Doc. 51);
joinder and adoption of the motion to set aside filed by defendants/counterclaimants George Braswell, Charles Trammell, and Belinda Trammell (Doc. 52) (collectively Bama Bayou);
Upon consideration and for the reasons set forth herein, the motions to set aside the stay of execution of the remand order filed by Bama Bayou, et al, (Docs. 43, 51, 52) are DENIED.
This Court entered an order remanding this action to the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama (Doc. 30). The FDIC moved pursuant to Rule 62(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for a stay of execution of the order of remand until after the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit had ruled on the appeal. (Doc. 38). The FDIC alternatively moved pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the Court to reconsider and vacate its prior order of remand. (Id). The Court granted the motion to stay but denied the motion to reconsider and vacate. (Doc. 42).
As an initial consideration, Bama Bayou takes the position that this Court granted, without jurisdiction, the FDIC's Rule 60(b)(6) motion and stayed the execution of the order of remand. Bama Bayou asks this Court to reconsider and vacate that decision and enter a Rule 62.1 indicative ruling that the Court would set aside the stay. The FDIC states that this "Court did not rule on the FDIC's Rule 60(b) motion in its March 12 Order" and asks for a Rule 62.1 indicative ruling that the Court would set aside the order of remand. (Doc. 53, p. 5)
However, the Court specifically recognized that it had no jurisdiction to grant the Rule 60(b)(6) motion; hence the motion was denied. The Court stated as follows:
(Doc. 42).
The Court did not grant or defer ruling on the FDIC's Rule 60(b) motion but instead exercised its discretion pursuant to Rule 62.1(a)(2) and denied the motion. Moreover, the parties have not provided any sufficient reason why the Court should vacate its denial to enter an indicative ruling under Rule 62.1(a)(3).
In moving this Court to reconsider its decision to grant the FDIC's motion to stay, Bama Bayou argues that the four factors do not weigh in favor of the stay and that automatic stay of an order of remand is not contemplated under Rule 62(e).
Generally, a motion to reconsider is available only "when a party presents the court with evidence of an intervening change in controlling law, the availability of new evidence, or the need to correct clear error or manifest injustice." Adams v. Austal, USA, L.L.C., 2011 WL 3360019, 1 (S.D. Ala. Aug. 4, 2011) (citation omitted) (slip copy). The removal statute, 12 U.S.C. § 1819(b)(2)(C), gives the FDIC a statutory right to appeal an order of remand. The Court failed to automatically stay the remand order as provided in Rule 62(a). Once the FDIC appealed, a stay order should have been issued. See NCNB Texas National Bank, et al. v. Fennell, 933 F.2d 275 (5th Cir. 1991). To do otherwise would make the right of appeal nugatory.
Upon consideration of the foregoing, the motions to set aside the stay of execution of the remand order (Docs. 43, 51, 52) are DENIED.