Case Name: Edward J. ZAKRZEWSKI, II, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter A. McNEIL, Secretary Florida Department of Corrections, Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-09
Citations: 573 F.3d 1210
Docket Number: No. 07-15930
Parties: Edward J. ZAKRZEWSKI, II, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter A. McNEIL, Secretary Florida Department of Corrections, Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and EDMONDSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 573
Pages: 1210–1211

Head Matter:
Edward J. ZAKRZEWSKI, II, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter A. McNEIL, Secretary Florida Department of Corrections, Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 07-15930.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
July 9, 2009.
Martin J. McClain (Court-Appointed), Wilton Manors, FL, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Stephen Richard White, Charmaine M. Millsaps, Ronald Alan Lathan, Jr., Tallahassee, FL, for Respondents-Appellees.
Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, and EDMONDSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is from the denial of Petitioner's Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion for re lief from judgment. The motion was seeking relief from the denial of Petitioner's action for post-conviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Briefly stated, the issue is whether the lawyer who represented Petitioner in the section 2254 proceeding was authorized to represent Petitioner at all. Petitioner has contended that the lawyer was totally unauthorized because the lawyer's ostensible authority had been gained by fraud on Petitioner and later, by fraud on the district court.
The district court found that Petitioner was not defrauded by the lawyer: the lawyer made no material misrepresentations and Petitioner did not rely on the lawyer's representations to Petitioner's detriment. In addition, apart from the authority Petitioner vested in the lawyer, the Court independently vested the lawyer with the needed authority to represent Petitioner when the Court appointed the lawyer to represent Petitioner. The district court has found that no misrepresentation made by the lawyer to the district court was material to that court when it made the pertinent appointment and that the district court did not rely on misrepresentations when the appointment was made.
For the reasons set out here and in the district court's order, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Rule 60(b) relief.
AFFIRMED.
. For further background, see Zakrzewski v. McDonough, 490 F.3d 1264 (11th Cir.2007).
. Petitioner contends that the district court abused its discretion by finding facts without holding an evidentiary hearing. We doubt an abuse occurred, but we decline to examine the arguments because they are beyond the scope of the COA. See Tompkins v. Moore, 193 F.3d 1327, 1332 (11th Cir.l999).