In Griffin, we observed that notice of appeal generally divests the district court of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the appeal, and held that a district court had lacked jurisdiction to consider a "cryptic motion for relief" filed by a prisoner during the pendency of his direct appeal from the dismissal of an earlier habeas petition.

stating that a "plaintiff's bald denial of wrongdoing [i]s insufficient evidence to establish pretext"

In Isroff v. Federal Insurance Co., 25 F.3d 1048, 1994 WL 253027, at *2 (6th Cir. June 8, 1994) (unpublished table opinion) and Bendis v. Federal Insurance Co., 958 F.2d 960, 961 (10th Cir. 1991), the courts found that a securities exclusion applied to other statutory and common-law causes of action in the complaint.

In Isroff v. Federal Insurance Co., 25 F.3d 1048, 1994 WL 253027, at *2 (6th Cir. June 8, 1994) (unpublished table opinion) and Bendis v. Federal Insurance Co., 958 F.2d 960, 961 (10th Cir. 1991), the courts found that a securities exclusion applied to other statutory and common-law causes of action in the complaint.