Case Name: Juanita SIMS, Appellant, v. CEDAR PARK ELEMENTARY, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-10-20
Citations: 146 F. App'x 78
Docket Number: No. 04-2637
Parties: Juanita SIMS, Appellant, v. CEDAR PARK ELEMENTARY, Appellee.
Judges: Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 146
Pages: 78–79

Head Matter:
Juanita SIMS, Appellant, v. CEDAR PARK ELEMENTARY, Appellee.
No. 04-2637.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 7, 2005.
Decided: Oct. 20, 2005.
Juanita Sims, Tyronza, AR, pro se.
Walter Paul Blume, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.
Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Juanita Sims filed a motion to reconsider more than ten days after dismissal of her Title VII action as untimely, attaching her right-to-sue letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The district court denied her motion, and Sims appeals. Liberally construing her motion to reconsider as a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying reconsideration. See Sanders v. Clemco Indus., 862 F.2d 161, 164-65, 169 (8th Cir.1988) (construing reconsideration motion filed more than 10 days after entry of judgment under Rule 60(b); appeal from denial of Rule 60(b) motion does not raise underlying judgment for review, and review is for abuse of discretion); Brooks v. Ferguson-Florissant Sch. Dist., 118 F.3d 903, 904-05 (8th Cir.1997) (where Title VII action was dismissed as untimely in light of date alleged for receipt of EEOC right-to-sue letter, it was not abuse of discretion to deny plaintiffs reconsideration motion, in which he attempted to correct date by referring to mailing date of EEOC letter; "while [plaintiff] represented himself and may have had difficulty with procedural rules, the motion to dismiss provided him notice that the receipt date was critical").
Accordingly, we affirm.
. The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.