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One of the main issues to be decided in the Sherrod and 3M appeals is whether there is a right to immediate appeal from the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion.  In urging the DC Circuit to summarily affirm the district court’s decision denying the anti-SLAPP motion, Ms. Sherrod argued that the statute did not provide a right to immediate review and that the appeal should be dismissed on that basis alone.  3M made a similar argument in moving to dismiss the Davis defendants’ appeal.  In response, the DC Circuit ordered, here and here, that “the motion to dismiss be referred to …