Case Name: Robert BELT, Appellant, v. Michelle BOYD, Warden, Minnehaha County Jail; Helen Kellen; June Odens; Lt. Devlin; Sgt. Arntz; C.O. Carlson; Randy DeRaad, Med Staff, all in their official and individual capacities, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-05-20
Citations: 278 F. App'x 698
Docket Number: No. 07-1728
Parties: Robert BELT, Appellant, v. Michelle BOYD, Warden, Minnehaha County Jail; Helen Kellen; June Odens; Lt. Devlin; Sgt. Arntz; C.O. Carlson; Randy DeRaad, Med Staff, all in their official and individual capacities, Appellees.
Judges: Before BYE, M. SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 278
Pages: 698–699

Head Matter:
Robert BELT, Appellant, v. Michelle BOYD, Warden, Minnehaha County Jail; Helen Kellen; June Odens; Lt. Devlin; Sgt. Arntz; C.O. Carlson; Randy DeRaad, Med Staff, all in their official and individual capacities, Appellees.
No. 07-1728.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: May 16, 2008.
Filed: May 20, 2008.
Before BYE, M. SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
[UNPUBLISHED]

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Federal inmate Robert Belt appeals the district court's denial of relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) following the adverse grant of summary judgment in his civil rights action. While Belt did not specify a listed ground for relief, it appears he was asserting that the judgment was void under Rule 60(b)(4). See Baldwin v. Credit Based Asset Servicing & Securitization, 516 F.3d 734, 737 (8th Cir.2008) (judgment is void if, inter alia, rendering court lacked jurisdiction); Hunter v. Underwood, 362 F.3d 468, 475 (8th Cir.2004) (Rule 60(b) relief is extraordinary remedy that lies within discretion of trial court, but relief from void judg ment under Rule 60(b)(4) is not discretionary). We conclude, for the reasons stated by the district court, that the judgment was not void. See Hunter, 362 F.3d at 475 (Rule 60(b)(4) motion based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction will succeed only if absence of jurisdiction was so obvious as to constitute total lack of jurisdiction or plain usurpation of power so that judgment was void at its inception; noting appellant did not appeal decision from which she sought Rule 60(b) relief, and instead employed motion as substitute for appeal that she never filed).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Lawrence L. Piersol, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.