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OP I NI ON

_______________________A l t hough t he t i t l e of the mot i on i m pl i es fr aud byt hi s C our t , beca us e Shemonsky 1 does notm ake a nys peci fi c al l egat i ons of fr aud and none of the mem ber s of thi s panel part i ci pated i n the 199 0 ap peal he subm i t t ed to supp ortt he m oti on , w e decli ne to r ecuse ou rs el ves. 2 P E R C UR I AM M i chae l Shem ons kyappea l s t he D i s t r i ctC our t ’ s or derdi s m i s s i ng hi s “M ot i on for 6 0 (b ) Ju d icia l F ra u d b yth e C o u rt o f A p p e a ls” a n d h is “ M o tio n to D isc o v e r E rn st &

1 Y oung, L L P A ccount i ng Fi l es . ” I n hi s R ul e 60( b) m ot i on, Shem ons kyr eques t ed the return o f th e a ssets o f A tl an ti c F inan cial F ed era l and m o n etaryd am ag es. In the d isco v ery m ot i on, Shem ons kys oughtt he ac count i ng fi l es of A t l ant i c Fi nanci al Feder al hel d by E r ns t& Y oung. T he D i s t r i ctC our tdi s m i s s ed the mot i ons beca us e i tdet er m i ned S h em o n sk yh ad b ee n en joine d fro m fil ing p lead ing s in the D istri ct C o u rtfo r th e E astern D i s t r i ctof Penns y l vani a and ha d notr ece i ved appr oval fort he fi l i ng of the mot i ons . T he D i s t r i ctC our tal s o or der ed thatno fur t herpl eadi ngs be docke t ed i n t he ca s e w i t houtpr i or appr oval byt he C our t . Shem ons kyfi l ed a t i m el ynot i ce of appea l and w e have j ur i s di ct i on under28 U . S. C . § 1291. W h i l e t h e D i s t r i c tC o u r ti n i t s F e b ru a r y 2 2 , 1 9 9 3 o r d e rg a v e S h e m o n s k y t h i r t y d a ys to sh o w ca u se w h yh e sh o u ld n o t be e n joine d , itap p ea rs fro m the d o ck et an d the re co rd th a t th e D is tr ic t C o u rt n e v e r s u b s e q u e n tly e n te re d a n in ju n c tio n a g a in s t S h e m o n s k y . H ow ever , w e mayaff

i r m t he D i s t r i ctC our ton anygr ound s uppor t ed byt he r ecor d. T o u rsc h e r v . M c C u llo u g h , 1 8 4 F .3 d 2 3 6 , 2 4 0 (3 d C ir. 1 9 9 9 ). S h e m o n sk yd id n o t se t f o rth anyadeq uate basi s for the rel i ef t hat he soug ht i n the m oti on s.3

B eca us e the i ns t antm ot i ons ar e cl ear l yw i t houtm er i t , w e w i l l aff i r m t he D i s t r i ct C o u rt ’s ord er.