Bd. of Educ. Disk No. 205, 921 F.2d 132, 134—35 (7th Cir.1991). Nevertheless, the district court now has disposed of all remaining claims by disbursing the rest of the surplus, resolving our concerns. Under 4(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, premature notice of appeal relates forward to entry of final judgment, when the notice was filed from an order that would have been appealable had a judgment been entered immediately afterward. FirsTier Mortgage Co. v. Investors Mortgage Ins. Co., 498 U.S. 269, 276, 111 S.Ct. 648, 112 L.Ed.2d 743 (1991). Specifically, we have repeatedly held that, “once a decision is announced, a premature notice of appeal lingers until the final judgment is entered.” See Garwood Packaging, Inc. v. Allen & Co., 378 F.3d 698, 700-01 (7th Cir.2004) (<HOLDING>). The orders in this case had, prior to appeal,
holding that in the context of the federal tort claims act claims dismissed on sovereign immunity grounds are not dismissed for lack of jurisdiction but for the existence of a defense holding that a notice of appeal is timely when filed before final judgment is entered by the district court holding that the notice of appeal filed after the district court entered judgment as to one defendant but before the court dismissed the claims against the other defendants would have become effective when those defendants were later dismissed holding that the fraud claims against the defendant should not have been dismissed as the complaint provided him with fair notice of the claims made against her holding that if the federal claims are dismissed before trial  the state claims should be dismissed as well