Case Name: Hamid SAMADI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General; Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Mr. Eduardo Aquirre, Jr., Director; Craig Robinson, INS Field Director for Louisiana District, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-03-10
Citations: 126 F. App'x 167
Docket Number: No. 04-30548
Parties: Hamid SAMADI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General; Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Mr. Eduardo Aquirre, Jr., Director; Craig Robinson, INS Field Director for Louisiana District, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before JONES, BARKSDALE, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 126
Pages: 167–168

Head Matter:
Hamid SAMADI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John ASHCROFT, U.S. Attorney General; Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Mr. Eduardo Aquirre, Jr., Director; Craig Robinson, INS Field Director for Louisiana District, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 04-30548.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided March 10, 2005.
Hamid Samadi, Evans, GA, pro se.
Kathryn Weekley Becnel, Assistant U.S. Attorney, William P. Gibbens, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before JONES, BARKSDALE, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Hamid Samadi, an Iranian native and citizen ordered deported from the United States, was detained for deportation in April 2003 by the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Service. Samadi filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition, challenging the constitutionality of his indefinite detention as a removable alien and contesting the validity of his immigration proceedings. Samadi was released from detention; and, on respondents' motion, the § 2241 petition was dismissed as moot to the extent it challenged the constitutionality of the indefinite detention. Samadi filed a post-judgment motion, which was properly construed as a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion. In denying this motion, the district court observed that Samadi's collateral arguments against respondents' dismissal motion were not cognizable under § 2241.
For this pro se appeal, we must first determine the jurisdictional scope of our review. E.g., Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). Samadi failed to file a timely notice of appeal from the underlying judgment denying his § 2241 petition. Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to review that order. See Halicki v. Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc., 151 F.3d 465, 468 (5th Cir.1998), cert. denied, 526 U.S. 1005, 119 S.Ct. 1143, 143 L.Ed.2d 210 (1999).
Samadi's notice of appeal was timely with respect to the denials of his Rule 60(b) motion; and his motion for an extension of time to file a second postjudgment motion. Rule 60(b) allows a court to relieve a party from a final judgment for reasons such as, inter alia: "(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence .; (3) fraud, . misrepresentation, or other misconduct of an adverse party"; (4) a void judgment; or (5) "any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment". Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). Denial of a Rule 60(b) motion is reviewed for abuse of discretion. E.g., Edwards v. City of Houston, 78 F.3d 983, 995 (5th Cir.1996). Samadi has failed to contend or demonstrate that the district court abused its discretion in denying his postjudgment motion. See Seven Elves, Inc. v. Eskenazi, 635 F.2d 396, 402 (5th Cir.1981). (Accordingly, Samadi's change of venue motion is DENIED.)
AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.