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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GABRIEL GONZALEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

DERRAL G. ADAMS,

Respondent.

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1:07-cv-00859 AWI DLB (HC)

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT

[Doc. 36]

The instant petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, was

dismissed as untimely and judgment was entered on January 17, 2008. (Court Docs. 28, 29.)

Petitioner filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On

April 2, 2009, the Ninth Circuit denied Petitioner’s certificate of appealability. (Court Doc. 35.) 

On April 16, 2010, Petitioner filed a motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Rule

60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Court Doc. 36.) 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) governs the reconsideration of final orders of the

district court. The rule permits a district court to relieve a party from a final order or judgment

on the grounds of: “(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly

discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for

a new trial under Rule 59(b) ; (3) fraud . . . of an adverse party; (4) the judgement is void; (5) the

judgment has been satisfied . . . ; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of

the judgment.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). The motion for reconsideration must be made within a

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reasonable time, in any event, “not more than one year after the judgment, order, or proceeding

was entered or taken.” Id.

The instant petition was dismissed with prejudice over two years ago, and the Court of

Appeals denied a certificate of appealability. Petitioner is advised that the instant action is final

and no further relief is allowed. Petitioner has not made a showing of “extraordinary

circumstances” that would justify relief from judgment. Accordingly, as Petitioner has not

presented a basis warranting relief from judgment, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s

motion for relief from judgment is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2010 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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