# U ni te d S ta te s Co ur t of A pp ea ls

For the Eig hth Circu it

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No. 1 8- 10 07

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Uni te d S ta te s o f Am eri ca

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Greg or y Sweck er, al so kn own as Gre go ry R. Sweck er, al so kn own as Gre g Sweck er; Bev erl y

Sweck er, al so kn own as B ev erl y F. Sweck er

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Sweck s, In c.; P al is ad es Co ll ect io n, LLC; Sta te of I owa , by se rv in g Gre en e Co un ty
Att or ne y an d At to rn ey

Gene ral for th e St at e o f Io wa; Gra nd Ju nc ti on Mu ni ci pa l;

Uni fu nd CCR P art ne rs ; M id la nd Po wer Co op erat iv e; Sta te of I owa , Green e Co un ty A tt or ne y

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App eal fro m

Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t
fo r th e So ut he rn Dis tri ct of I owa - Des M oi ne s

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Su bm it te d: Nov em

be r 15 , 20 18

Fi le d: Nov em

be r 20 , 20 18 [Un pu bl is he d]

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Befo re BENTON, BOW MAN, an d ERI CKSON, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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Greg or y Sweck er an d Be ve rl y Sw ec ke r ap pe al aft er th e di st ric t co ur t ad ve rs el y 1

gr an te d su m

m ary jud gm en t in a fo recl os ur e act io n br ou gh t by th e U ni te d St at es of

Am eri ca, an d de ni ed th ei r Fed eral Ru le of Ci vi l Pro ced ur e 60 (b ) m ot io n ch al le ng in g

th e su m m ary jud gm en t de ci si on

. The Sweck ers ha ve al so fil e d two m ot io ns , bo th

as ki ng th is co ur t t o t ak e jud ic ia l n ot ic e o f do cu m en ts rel at ed to a se pa rat e m at te r.

W e fir st co nc lu de t ha t ou r juri sd ic ti on is li m it ed to rev ie win g th e di st ric t

c o u r t ’s o rd er de nyin g th e Sweck ers ’ Ru le 60 (b ) m ot io n. See Fed

. R. App

. P

. 3( c)(1 )(B) (n ot ic e of ap pe al m us t de si gn at e jud gm en t, or de r, or pa rt t h e reo f be in g

ap pe al ed ); USCOC of Great er Mo. v. Ci ty of Ferg us on , 58 3 F .3d 10 35 , 10 40 & n.4
(8 t h C i r . 2 00 9) (d is cu ss in g ap pl ic at io n of Ru le 3( c)). W e fu rth er co nc lu de th at th e

di st ric t co ur t di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n in de nyin g th at m ot io n, as th e Sweck ers di d

no t sh ow wit h cl ear an d co nv in ci ng ev i d e n c e t h at th e go ve rn m en t ha d en ga ge d in

frau d or m is rep res en ta ti on pr ev en ti ng th em fro m fu lly an d fa ir ly pr es en ti ng th ei r cas e,

an d di d no t sh ow ex cep ti on al ci rcu m st an ces warra nt in g rel ie f. See Fed

. R. Ci v. P. 60
(d es cri bi ng ci rcu m st an ces un de r whi ch co ur t m ay rel ie ve pa rty fro m fin al jud gm en t

or ord er); Bro wde r v. Dir., Dep t. of Co rr. of Ill ., 4 34 U.S. 2 57 , 2 63 n.7 (U.S. 19 78 )
(Ru le 60 (b ) ru li ng is r e v i e w e d f o r ab us e of di sc ret io n) ; Arn ol d v. W oo d, 23 8 F.3 d

99 2, 99 8 (8 th Ci r. 20 01 ) (Ru le 60 (b ) m ot io n is no t ve hi cl e fo r si m pl e rear gu m en t on

m eri ts

, bu t in st ead req ui res sh owi ng of ex cep ti on al ci rcu m st an ces warra nt in g rel ie f);

se e al so U n i t e d St at es v. Met ro

. St

. Lou is Sewer Dis t., 44 0 F.3 d 93 0, 93 5 (8 th Ci r.

20 06 ) (to pr ev ai l on Ru le 60 (b )(3 ) m ot io n, m ov an t m us t sh ow wit h c l ear an d

co nv in ci ng ev id en ce th at op po si ng pa rty en ga ge d in frau d or m is rep res en ta ti on th at

pr ev en te d m ov an t fr om

ful ly and fai rly pres en ti ng m ov an t’s ca se ).

The Hon or ab le Ro be rt W

. Prat t, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e So ut he rn 1

Dis tri ct of I owa

.

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-Acco rd in gl y , w e a f f i r m

. See 8t h Ci r. R. 47 B. W e al so de ny th e Sweck ers ’

pe nd in g m ot io ns , as t he do cu m en ts at i ss ue wou ld no t b e h el pf ul to ou r rev ie w.

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