FI L ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTH CI RCUI T FEB RUARY 23, 2010 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ No. 0 9- 15 00 7 Non -Arg um en t Ca le nd ar

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D.C. Dock et No. 0 6- 60 52 1- CV-WPD ALBERTO ARANGO,
Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll an t,

ve rs us CITY OF MARGATE,
Defen da nt -Ap pe ll ee.

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ App eal fro m

th e 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 F lo rid a

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Feb ru ary 23 , 20 10 )
Befo re BARKETT, HULL and COX, Circ ui t J ud ge s.
PER CURI AM:
Alb ert o Aran go su ed th e Ci ty of Mar ga te (“ th e Ci ty”) in Fl or id a st at e co ur t fo r
vi ol at io n of hi s rig ht s un de r th e Fam il y an d Med ic al Leav e Act, 29 U.S.C. § 26 01 et

se q. The Ci ty rem ov ed th e cas e to fed eral di st ric t co ur t. In Feb ru ary 20 07 , th e pa rti esen te red in to a se tt le m en t ag reem en t (“ th e Agr eem en t” ). Und er th e Agr eem en t, if

cert ai n c on di ti on s wer e m et , Aran go wou ld rece iv e a p refe ren ti al pro m ot io n wi th in
th e Ci ty’ s fir e de pa rtment. On th e pa rti es ’ m ot io n an d ba se d up on th e Agr eem en t, th e
di st ric t co ur t d is m is se d t he cas e wit h p reju di ce o n F eb ru ary 28 , 20 07 . (R.1- 16 .)
On Ju ne 23 , 20 09 , Aran go fil ed a m ot io n fo r rel ie f fro m jud gm en t pu rs ua nt to
Fed eral Ru le of Ci vi l Pro ced ur e 60 (b )(6 ). (R.1 -1 7.) Aran go so ug ht an or de r se tt in g

as id e th e di sm is sa l wit h pr ejud ic e on th e gr ou nd th at , at th e ti m e th e Ci ty en te red in to
th e Agr eem en t, it di d no t in te nd to pr om ot e Aran go
. Aran go arg ue d th at th e Agr eem en t was il lu so ry an d th at th e Ci ty ha d acte d in ba d fait h in in du ci ng Aran go

to en te r th e Agr eem en t. He fu rth er arg ue d th at th e Ci ty’ s ba d fai th an d fru st rat io n of
th e pu rp os e of th e Ag r e em en t co ns ti tu te d ex tra or di na ry ci rcu m st an ces warra nt in g
rel ie f un de r Ru le 60 (b )(6 ) an d c i t e d K e e li ng v. Sh eet Met al W

or ker s In t’l Ass ’n , Lo ca l Uni on 16

2 , 93 7 F.2 d 40 8 (9 th Ci r. 19 91 ) in su pp or t of th at arg um en t. (R.1 -1 7

at 9- 10 .) As ev id en ce o f t h e Ci ty’ s ba d fai th , Aran go at ta ch ed a le tt er da te d Sep te m be r 23 , 20 08 an d a tra ns cri pt of an Octo be r 30 , 20 08 m eet in g of th e Ci ty’ s
Ci vi l Se rv ic e Bo ard

. (

Id

. , Ex s. A & B.) Aran go so ug ht th e ab il it y to rei ns ta te hi s
la wsu it un de r th e Act . He di d n ot see k e nf or cem en t o f th e Agr eem en t.
On Aug us t 28 , 20 09 , th e di st ric t co ur t de ni ed th e m ot io n on th e gr ou nd th at it
ha d no t ret ai ne d juri sd ic ti on ov er th e Agr eem en t an d th eref or e co ul d no t en fo rce it

.

2(R.1 -2 3 at 2.) The co ur t st at ed th at , fo r th at re a s o n , rel ie f un de r Ru le 60 was no t

warra nt ed . (

Id

. at 2-3 .)
Afte r rev ie w of th e reco rd , we fin d th at th e di st ric t co ur t erred in de nyin g th e

m ot io n o n t he gro un d th at it co ul d n ot ord er t he rel ie f Aran go req ue st ed . Arang o’s

pa pe rs fil ed in su pp or t of hi s m ot io n ack no wled ge th at th e di st ric t co ur t di d no t ha ve juri sd ic ti on to en fo rce th e Agr eem en t an d affi rm at iv el y st at e th at Aran go di d no t se ek
th at rem ed y
. (R.1 -1 7 at 10 -1 1.) In co ns id eri ng whe th er th e arg um en t and ev id en ce
pr es en te d by Aran go in su pp or t of hi s m ot io n sa ti sf ie d th e Ru le 60 (b )(6 ) st an da rd fo r
rel ie f fro m th e jud gm en t, the di st ric t co ur t sh ou ld ha ve m ad e fin di ng s as to whe th er
Aran go ’s m ot io n w a s a t i mel y req ue st fo r rel ie f as req ui red by Ru le 60 (c)( 1) an d
whe th er th e ev id en ce Aran go pr es en te d in su pp or t o f h is m ot io n was su ffi ci en t to

warra nt a f

in di ng th at ex tra or di na ry ci rcu m st an ces ex is t to jus ti fy rel ie f fro m th e jud gm en t un de r Ru le 60 (b )(6 ). Se e To ol e v. Bax te r Hea lt hc ar e Co rp

. , 23 5 F.3 d 13 07 , 13 16 (11 th Cir . 20 00 ); Kee li ng , 93 7 F .2d at 4 10

. W e va cat e th e di st ric t co ur t’s Aug us t 28 , 20 09 or de r an d rem an d th e cas e wit h
i ns tru ct io ns th at th e di st ric t co ur t co ns id er Aran go ’s m ot io n fo r rel ie f f r o m t h e jud gm en t i n t he m an ne r di sc us se d a bo ve
. VACATED AN D REMANDED.

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