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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
LAW FIRM, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant.
E. Ingram, Jr., and Peter von Jess heard on the merits.
of Military Records (the ABCMR).
See Aikens v. Ingram, No.
to act on his application.
result of the courts erroneous exhaustion ruling.
Aikens v. Ingram, 513 F. Supp. 2d 586 (E.D.N.C. 2007).
judgment, this time by a 7-5 vote.
F.3d 496 (4th Cir. 2011) (en banc) (Aikens I).
von Jess that are identical to previously dismissed claims.
that the claims are now time-barred.
The unpublished Rule 60(b) Order is found at J.A. 91-99.
The unpublished Second Dismissal Order is found at J.A.
constructive discharge from the National Guard.
amended it on May 4, 2006.
claim is subject to a three-year statute of limitations.
military to handle its own affairs.
See First Dismissal Order 10-12.
relief under North Carolina law. See id. at 4.
month later, on October 10, 2007.
four months of the First Dismissal Order.
112, 118 n.2 (4th Cir. 2000).
seven months later, on November 5, 2008.
that plaintiff could return to court in this action.
months before the court issued its First Dismissal Order.
anticipation of courts ruling that exhaustion was required).
undergoing both panel and en banc consideration.
new action following such exhaustion.
in ruling to the contrary.
a litigant who is merely following the courts own advice.).
to a statute of limitations defense.
defense remains very much an open question).
notwithstanding the majoritys decision today.
Outdoor Adver. v. Edwards, 678 S.E.2d 765, 771 (N.C. Ct. App.
statute of limitations is applied.
analogous state statute of limitations is three years.
Dismissal Order 3 (citing Natl Adver. Co., 947 F.2d at 1162).
a three year statute of limitations.
Food Lion, L.L.C., 648 S.E.2d 261, 265 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007)).
See Second Dismissal Order 4.
and Plaintiffs filing of the instant action on July 15, 2011.
that court and on appeal.
fail to pursue his claim within the limitations period.
review the courts ruling for abuse of discretion.
Lee, 339 F.3d 238, 247 n.6 (4th Cir. 2003) (en banc).
when it makes an error of law.
802, 811 (4th Cir. 2010) (internal quotation marks omitted).
2007, when the district court issued its First Dismissal Order.
action is alive (emphasis omitted)).
of his Second Complaint on July 15, 2011.
district court and then our Court.
the same as equitable tolling.
Cada v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 920 F.2d 446, 451 (7th Cir.
the defendants wrongdoing, while equitable tolling does not.
requires no fault on the part of the defendant.); Kaiser v.
the claimants circumstances . . . .).
F.3d 762, 767 n.4 (5th Cir. 1996).
equitable tolling when describing equitable estoppel.
tolling to equitable estoppel-type circumstances.
See Hooper v. Ebenezer Senior Servs. & Rehab.
timely filed his complaint in the wrong court.
See Burnett, 380 U.S. at 429-30; cf. Baldwin Cnty. Welcome Ctr.
file any complaint within applicable limitations period).
that has been adopted by the highest courts of several states.
plaintiff must act reasonably and in good faith.
(citing Collier v. City of Pasadena, 191 Cal. Rptr. 681 (Cal.
120 P.3d 385, 389 (Mont. 2005).
McDonald, 194 P.3d at 1032.
imposing the costs of forfeiture on plaintiffs.
against them. (internal quotation marks omitted)).
controlling decision addressing equitable tolling.
underlying Aikenss equitable tolling request.
states highest court would rule on an unsettled issue.).
1156 (4th Cir. 1992) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Republic Indus., Inc. v. Teamsters Joint Council No. 83 of Va.
Pension Fund, 718 F.2d 628, 644 (4th Cir. 1983)).
termination of the relevant lease.
period for initiating those procedures.
See 718 F.2d at 644.
first timely filed in the wrong court.
Carlisle v. CSX Transp., Inc., 668 S.E.2d 98, 105-07 (N.C. Ct.
FELA action pending in North Carolina state courts); Cacha v.
tolling decisions, but also has treated them as uncontroversial.
consistent with the courts jurisprudence.
weakened because of dead witnesses or forgotten facts.
two doctrines, see Cacha, 554 S.E.2d at 393.
of equitable estoppel to apply.).
Nowell, 108 S.E.2d at 891 (quoting McNeely v. Walters, 189 S.E.
plaintiff [was] pursuing another unavailing remedy).
been prejudiced, such as the loss of critical evidence.
his Rule 60(b) motion in the district court on March 31, 2008.
sustain this litigation, hardly evidences a lack of diligence.
cannot be called anything but reasonable.
the ABCMRs lack of jurisdiction.
See First Dismissal Order 8.
Rule 60(b) motion in the exercise of its discretion.
discretion to do so . . . .).
made perfect litigation choices, only reasonable ones.
e.g., Lozeau v. GEICO Indem. Co., 207 P.3d 316, 319-20 (Mont.
voluntarily pursued internal administrative remedy); Solomon v.
(same where plaintiff first filed in federal court).
contexts, necessitate a showing of extraordinary circumstances.
(alteration and internal quotation marks omitted)).
for purposes of equitable tolling would encompass new factors.
Aikens acted reasonably in filing his Rule 60(b) motion.
rendering the motion patently reasonable.
Accordingly, I respectfully concur in part and dissent in part.
Belot v. Burge, 490 F.3d 201, 206 (2d Cir. 2007).
decision should be reviewed for an abuse of discretion.
while the former does not.
concur with the majoritys holding on this question.
within the district courts discretion in the first instance.
equitable tolling to the facts of this case.
equitable tolling is, in fact, warranted on these facts.
it would have come to a different result in the first instance.
previous en banc decision in Aikens I.
acted with diligence[,] -- to the operative facts.
25 (citing Burnett v. N.Y. Cent. R. Co., 380 U.S. 424 (1965)).
to supplement the record if needed.
warrant Rule 60(b)(6) relief -- than the one posed here.
Corp., 241 F.3d 1131 (9th Cir. 2001).

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