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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Michael Aaron Witkin 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

F. Gonzalez, et al.,

Defendants. 

No. 2:22-cv-01212-KJM-EFB 

ORDER

Plaintiff Michael Aaron Witkin moves pro se to obtain relief from the judgment, ECF 

No. 43, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). ECF No. 48. He relies on arguments he 

made in previous filings. See id. at 2. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) “provides that a 

court may relieve a party from a final judgment for certain specified reasons or, in a catchall 

provision, for ‘any other reason that justifies relief.’” Lenk v. Monolithic Power Sys., Inc., 

20-cv-08094-BLF, 2024 WL 591898 (N.D. Cal., Jan. 19, 2024) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P.

60(b)(6)). The catchall provision, Rule 60(b)(6), “is to be utilized only where extraordinary

circumstances prevented a party from taking timely action to prevent or correct an erroneous

judgment.” United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co., 984 F.2d 1047, 1049 (9th Cir. 1993).

Witkin has not shown he is entitled to relief under the specified reasons of Rule 60(b) or under its

catchall provision. The motion is denied.

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 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 6, 2024. 

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