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Parties Involved:
Joseph Andre Flaunders
Petitioner
United States of America
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH ANDRE FLAUNDERS,

Petitioner,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

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CV F 06-mc-00030-DLB

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

RETURN FILING DOCUMENT TO

PETITIONER 

[Doc. 1]

On July 26, 2006, Petitioner filed a motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Rule

60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Court. Doc. 1.) 

In his motion, Petitioner clearly states that the proceeding in which he is challenging took

place in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. (Motion, at 1.) 

Petitioner contends that “the judge, prosecutor, and his court appointed counsel committed ‘fraud

upon a federal court’ by a deliberately planned and carefully executed scheme which allowed

petitioner to plead guilty to crime of bank robbery, the jurisdiction element of which was not

charged and subsequently never proven, thereby depriving the court of subject matter jurisdiction

under 2113(F).” (Motion, at 1.) 

First, a motion filed pursuant to Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is not

a proper pleading to open a new case in this Court. Second, Petitioner is challenging a

conviction and actions by officials in the United States District Court for the Central District of

California. Thus, any challenge to that conviction must be filed in that Court. This Court has no

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jurisdiction over the claims to which Petitioner is raising via a motion for relief pursuant to Rule

60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the instant motion for relief under Rule

60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, shall be returned to Petitioner, and no further

action shall be taken. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 9, 2006 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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