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John David ROETTGEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D. PARAMO, Warden; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
MEMORANDUM **
John David Roettgen appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his post-judgment Fed. R. Civ. P. Rule 60(b) motion in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging various constitutional claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir. 1993). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Roettgen's post-judgment Rule 60(b) motion to vacate because Roettgen failed to demonstrate any basis for such relief. See id. at 1263 (explaining that Rule 60(b) “provides for reconsideration only upon a showing of (1) mistake, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence; (3) fraud; (4) a void judgment; (5) a satisfied or discharged judgment; or (6) ‘extraordinary circumstances’ which would justify relief” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
To the extent that Roettgen attempts to challenge the district court's underlying dismissal, we lack jurisdiction because Roettgen did not timely file a notice of appeal as to the underlying judgment, or a post-judgment motion that tolled the time to file a notice of appeal as to the judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A); 4(a)(4)(A)(vi); Harman v. Harper, 7 F.3d 1455, 1458 (9th Cir. 1993) (appeal from a denial of a non-tolling Rule 60(b) motion does not bring the entire underlying judgment up for review).
AFFIRMED.
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Docket No: No. 19-55172
Decided: April 13, 2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
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