CONDALEE MORRIS v. BARRA (2016)

MEMORANDUM*

California state prisoner Condalee Morris appeals pro se from the district court's orders rejecting his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motions for reconsideration of the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

After the district court entered judgment, Morris filed a notice of appeal regarding the district court's dismissal orders. While the appeal was pending in this court, Morris attempted to file in the district court two motions for reconsideration of the dismissal orders. The district court rejected the motions because the case was closed and an appeal was pending. Morris then filed the instant appeal. We construe the district court's rejections of Morris's motions for reconsideration as refusals to entertain them, and so construed, the refusals are not appealable orders. See Crateo, Inc. v. Intermark, Inc. (In re Crateo, Inc.), 536 F.2d 862, 869 (9th Cir. 1976) (when an appeal is already pending, a decision to neither grant nor entertain a Rule 60(b) motion is a procedural ruling which is not separately appealable), superseded in part on other grounds by rule as stated in Miller v. Marriott Int'l, Inc., 300 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir. 2002).

We lack jurisdiction to consider Morris's contentions regarding the dismissal of his underlying claims or the timeliness of prior notices of appeal because the operative notice of appeal was only timely as to the rejection of his motions for reconsideration. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after entry of judgment or order appealed from).

Morris's request, set forth in his March 2, 2015 filing, is denied.

DISMISSED.