Opinion ID: 1704286
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Heading: authority to enter amended summary judgment

Text: Ziebarth asserts that the July 12, 1989 summary judgment was not entered pursuant to the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure, because the Rules do not expressly provide for entry of an amended summary judgment. Ziebarth claims that amendment of a judgment can only be done in accordance with NDRCivP 59 (New Trial) or NDRCivP 60 (Relief from Judgment). We need not address the merits of Ziebarth's claim, because the July 12, 1989 judgment was not an amended judgment, but was in fact the first judgment entered in this case. Ziebarth's reference to a prior judgment in June, and entry of an amended judgment in July, clearly refers to the court's orders for judgment. The court's first Order Granting Summary Judgment was dated June 21, 1989. Ziebarth then made a motion to set aside the summary judgment that had not yet been entered. On July 7, 1989, the court issued an Amended Order for Summary Judgment and Order Denying Motion to Set Aside Summary Judgment. The judgment entered on July 12, 1989, was not an amended judgment, but was the original judgment of foreclosure. The court had the authority to enter an amended order for judgment any time before judgment was entered. See NDRCivP 54(b). Ziebarth's argument is without merit.