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TENTH CIRCUIT
APR 27 2001
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
JOHN LYONS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
No. 00-2448
(D. New Mexico)
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
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argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(f). The case is therefore submitted without
oral argument.
John Lyons, a state prisoner in New Mexico proceeding pro se, appeals the
district courts denial of his Motion to Reconsider Order of Court, brought
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). We affirm.
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not recognize a motion to
reconsider and we construe such a motion in one of two ways.
See Hawkins v.
Evans , 64 F.3d 543, 546 (10th Cir. 1995). If the motion is filed within ten days
of the district courts entry of judgment, it is treated as a Rule 59(e) motion to
alter or amend the judgment.
after entry of judgment, it is treated as a Rule 60(b) motion for relief from
judgment. See id.
Rule 60(b) provides, in relevant part: On motion and upon such terms as
are just, the court may relieve a party . . . from a final judgment, order, or
proceeding for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or
excusable neglect; . . . or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation
of the judgment. Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). An appeal from the denial of a Rule
60(b) motion does not itself preserve for appellate review the merits of the
underlying judgment and raises for review only the district courts denial of the
motion to reconsider.
motion filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) only to determine whether the
district court abused its discretion.
, 915 F.2d
Robert H. Henry
Circuit Judge
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