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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo Ramos PEREZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 12-10256
    Non-Argument Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    Nov. 15, 2012.
    Wifredo A. Ferrer, Kathleen Mary Sal-yer, Anne Ruth Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, Lynn D. Rosenthal, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Eduardo Ramos Perez, Fort Dix, NJ, pro se.
    Before TJOFLAT, CARNES, and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Eduardo Perez pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846 and was sentenced to 120 months imprisonment. Over three and a half years later, Perez challenged his conviction by filing a pro se motion under Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b), arguing that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice and requesting that it be vacated. The district court asked Perez whether he wanted it to construe his filing as a motion to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, but Perez insisted that he wanted the district court to rule on the merits of his Rule 60(b) motion. The district court then denied that motion on the ground that Rule 60(b) does not provide relief from a criminal conviction.

On appeal, we affirm. Rule 60(b) applies only in civil eases; a motion under that rule is not a proper way to challenge a criminal conviction or sentence. United States v. Mosavi, 138 F.3d 1365, 1365 (11th Cir.1998); see also Fed.R.Civ.P. 1 (stating that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure “govern the procedure in all civil actions in the United States district courts”) (emphasis added). The district court offered to construe Perez’s filing as a petition under the appropriate statute, but Perez declined. Nor has he argued to this Court that he is entitled to relief under any rule or statute other than Rule 60(b).

AFFIRMED.