Case Name: Leslie Ellen BOYLE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Cowtown Bus CHARTERS, Defendant, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-12-27
Citations: 22 F. App'x 32
Docket Number: No. 01-2128
Parties: Leslie Ellen BOYLE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Cowtown Bus CHARTERS, Defendant, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 22
Pages: 32–33

Head Matter:
Leslie Ellen BOYLE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Cowtown Bus CHARTERS, Defendant, Appellee.
No. 01-2128.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Dec. 27, 2001.
Stephen F. Reardon on brief, for appellant.
Edward J. Barshak and Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, P.C. on brief, for appellee.
Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This personal injury action arises out of a highway accident that occurred in Texas. The district court determined that it lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant, a Texas firm, and dismissed the action on that basis. The court thereafter denied the plaintiffs motion for reconsideration.
We have scoured the record and carefully considered the parties' briefs and arguments. We conclude that this appeal is timely only as to the district court's denial of the plaintiffs motion for reconsideration. See Rodriguez-Antuna v. Chase Manhattan Bank, 871 F.2d 1, 2 (1st Cir. 1989). Given the exiguous showing made by the plaintiff, that denial plainly was within the district court's discretion. See id. at 3 ("Plaintiffs, if they had a case to make, should have made it in a timely fashion.").
We add, moreover, that even if we were to consider the underlying question of personal jurisdiction, we would uphold the district court's order of dismissal. The plaintiffs reliance on the unsupported allegations in her complaint and memorandum in opposition to the motion to dismiss is manifestly insufficient to make out a prima facie case for in personam jurisdiction. See, e.g., Barrett v. Lombardi, 239 F.3d 23, 26-27 (1st Cir.2001); Boit v. Gar-Tec Prods., Inc., 967 F.2d 671, 675 (1st Cir. 1992); see also Donatelli v. Nat'l Hockey League, 893 F.2d 459, 463 (1st Cir.1990) (explaining that a finding of general personal jurisdiction requires a showing of "continuous and systematic contacts" with the forum state).
We need go no further. This appeal is groundless and, therefore, the judgment below may be summarily affirmed. See 1st Cir. R. 27(c).
Affirmed.
. While a motion to alter or amend a judgment may toll the running of the appeal period, the plaintiff's motion for reconsideration was not filed within ten days of the date of the entry of the judgment and, thus, did not operate to toll the appeal period. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) (fixing ten-day window). Since the plaintiff's notice of appeal was filed more than thirty days after the date of entry of judgment, it is untimely vis-a-vis the judgment. See Fed.R.App.P. 4(a)(1). The notice of appeal was, however, filed within thirty days of the district court's denial of the motion for reconsideration. It is, therefore, timely as to that order.