Case Name: David SIMMONS, Appellant, v. Paul CASPARI, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-08-26
Citations: 73 F. App'x 901
Docket Number: No. 03-1651
Parties: David SIMMONS, Appellant, v. Paul CASPARI, Appellee.
Judges: Before RILEY, HANSEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 73
Pages: 901–902

Head Matter:
David SIMMONS, Appellant, v. Paul CASPARI, Appellee.
No. 03-1651.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 21, 2003.
Decided Aug. 26, 2003.
David Simmons, Bonne Terre, MO, pro se.
Frank A. Jung, Asst. Atty. General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before RILEY, HANSEN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Missouri inmate David Simmons appeals from the district court's denial of his Fed eral Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motions requesting that the district court reopen its dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. For reversal, Simmons argues the district court erred because it did not specifically state that it had conducted an inquiry and had concluded his allegations amounted to a second or successive habeas petition. He also raises several arguments not included in his Rule 60(b) motions, which we decline to review. See Briley v. Carlin, 172 F.3d 567, 571 (8th Cir.1999).
Upon careful review of the record, we reject Simmons's argument. For the most part, Simmons's motions clearly attack his conviction and sentence, and thus were properly denied as an unauthorized second or successive habeas petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b); cf. United States v. Patton, 309 F.3d 1093, 1094 (8th Cir.2002) (per curiam) (affirming denial of Fed. R.Crim.P. 12(b)(2) motion where motion was actually successive habeas petition which inmate did not request authorization to file). To the extent that his Rule 60 motions raise fraud as grounds to set aside the dismissal of his section 2254 petition, his motions were untimely as they were not filed within one year of the dismissal. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b); Fed. Land Bank of St. Louis v. Cupples Bros., 889 F.2d 764, 766-67 (8th Cir.1989).
Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
. The Honorable Charles A. Shaw, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.