I believe the notice of appeal usurps jurisdiction from the district court to act on a motion for reconsideration (and prohibits the filing of one). Also, would have been a large mistake to allow Du to tinker her written opinion---she could have said, "yes, I considered all those things pointed out to be error and it would not have changed my mind..." worse then just pointed to her mistakes on the face of the opinion and record and demanding a reversal (or at least a remand),