Opinion ID: 723395
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Procedural History (Chapter Two)

Text: 14 Following the decision of this court affirming Judge Wilson's judgment in favor of ABIC, Paymaster asserts that it reviewed other files and found evidence that Judge Wilson's final judgment was procured by a fraud upon the court. Paymaster returned to the district court with its own Rule 60(b) motion, and the case was assigned by the wheel to Judge Marshall. 15 Judge Marshall held a status conference and in due course called the case for hearing on ABIC's motion for summary judgment. Rule 60(b) allows the district court to set aside a judgment for fraud upon the court. 2 Fraud upon the court as a basis for equitable relief is construed narrowly in order to preserve the finality of judgments, an important social and legal interest. Luttrell v. United States, 644 F.2d 1274, 1276 (9th Cir.1980) (internal quotations and citations omitted).