Case Name: Hazoor A. KHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ann M. VENEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellee, and United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-14
Citations: 171 F. App'x 47
Docket Number: No. 04-17445
Parties: Hazoor A. KHAN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Ann M. VENEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant—Appellee, and United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.
Judges: Before: CANBY, BEEZER, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 171
Pages: 47–48

Head Matter:
Hazoor A. KHAN, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Ann M. VENEMAN, Secretary of Agriculture, Defendant—Appellee, and United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant.
No. 04-17445.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2006.
Decided March 14, 2006.
Michael D. Ott, Esq., Ericksen Arbuthnot Brown Kilduff and Day, Fresno, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Kirk E. Sherriff, Esq., Sacramento, CA, for Defendant and Defendant-Appellee.
E. Robert Wright, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Defendant.
Before: CANBY, BEEZER, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Hazoor A. Khan, a former employee of the United States Department of Agriculture, appeals from the district court's order denying his motion for relief from judgment in his action alleging national origin discrimination. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for abuse of discretion the denial of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion. See Wilson v. City of San Jose, 111 F.3d 688, 691 (9th Cir.1997). We affirm.
The district court acted within its discretion by determining that Kharis former attorney's decision to file a non-opposition to defendants' motion for summary judgment was neither a mistake nor an extraordinary circumstance justifying relief from judgment. See Casey v. Albertson's Inc., 362 F.3d 1254, 1260 (9th Cir.2004), cert. denied, 543 U.S. 870, 125 S.Ct. 108, 160 L.Ed.2d 118 (2004) ("As a general rule, parties are bound by the actions of their lawyers . "); Allmerica Fin. Life Ins. & Annuity Co. v. Llewellyn, 139 F.3d 664, 666 (9th Cir.1997) (holding that neither ignorance nor carelessness on the part of the litigant or his attorney provides grounds for relief under Rule 60(b)(1) or 60(b)(6)).
Khan's remaining contentions lack merit.
AFFIRMED.
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