(a) Separate Document.
Every judgment and
amended judgment must be set out in a separate
document, but a separate document is not required
for an order disposing of a motion:
(1) for judgment under Rule 50(b);
(2) to amend or make additional findings
under Rule 52(b);
(3) for attorney’s fees under Rule 54;
(4) for a new trial, or to alter or amend
the judgment, under Rule 59; or
(5) for relief under Rule 60.
(b) Entering Judgment.
(1) Without the Court's Direction.
Subject to Rule 54(b) and unless the court orders otherwise,
the clerk must, without awaiting the court's
direction, promptly prepare, sign, and enter the
judgment when:
(A) the jury returns a general verdict;
(B) the court awards only costs or a sum
certain; or
(C) the court denies all relief.
(2) Court's Approval Required.
Subject to Rule 54(b), the court must promptly approve the form
of the judgment, which the clerk must promptly
enter, when:
(A) the jury returns a special verdict or a
general verdict with answers to written
questions; or
(B) the court grants other relief not described in
this subdivision (b).
(c) Time of Entry.
For purposes of these rules,
judgment is entered at the following times:
(1) if a separate document is not required, when the
judgment is entered in the civil docket under Rule 79(a); or
(2) if a separate document is required, when the
judgment is entered in the civil docket under
Rule 79(a) and the earlier of these events occurs:
(A) it is set out in a separate document; or
(B) 150 days have run from the entry in the civil
docket.
(d) Request for Entry.
A party may request that
judgment be set out in a separate document as
required by Rule 58(a).
(e) Cost or Fee Awards.
Ordinarily, the entry of
judgment may not be delayed, nor the time for appeal
extended, in order to tax costs or award fees. But if a
timely motion for attorney's fees is made under Rule
54(d)(2), the court may act before a notice of appeal
has been filed and become effective to order that the
motion have the same effect under Federal Rule of
Appellate Procedure 4(a)(4) as a timely motion under
Rule 59.