Source: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/73/364/557056/
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 07:49:39+00:00

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Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FAIRCHILD and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.
On consideration of the parties' jurisdictional memoranda, IT IS ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction. A party may not file a second similar or successive Rule 60(b) motion to obtain appellate review after the time to appeal the initial order has expired. Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Macino, 710 F.2d 363, 366 n. 5 (7th Cir. 1983); Burnside v. Eastern Airlines Inc., 519 F.2d 1127, 1128 (5th Cir. 1975). In the present case, plaintiff-appellant appeals the district court's denial of plaintiff's third motion to reconsider. This order is the only order entered within 60 days of appellant's notice of appeal. Therefore, the court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal.
United States v. Minniecheske, No. 91-2691 (April 28, 1993) (order). This order is the law of the case and governs here. See 18 Charles Alan Wright, Arthur R. Miller, Edward H. Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure Jurisdiction and Related Matters Sec. 4478 (1981) (explaining the law of the case doctrine).
Minniecheske's latest Rule 60(b) motion does not allege a ground of relief that was unavailable to him at the time of his first motion. The district court dismissed the motion because "there was no reason to revisit the issues which were settled by the final judgment entered in this case more than six years ago." We agree.
Furthermore, it is within our discretion to sanction Minniecheske for bringing an appeal "when the result is obvious or when the appellant's argument are wholly without merit." Lorentzen v. Anderson Pest Control, 64 F.3d 327, 331 (7th Cir. 1995) (quotations omitted). Instead of ordering Minniecheske to show cause why he should not be sanctioned now, we warn Minniecheske that we will sanction the appeal of his next attempt to escape the valid judgment entered against him. See Homola v. McNamara, 59 F.3d 647, 648-49 (7th Cir. 1995); Perry v. Pogemiller, 16 F.3d 138, 140 (7th Cir. 1993).

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