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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5256                                                September Term, 2023
                                                                      1:23-cv-02009-UNA
                                                      Filed On: January 22, 2024
Phallon Spates,

              Appellant

       v.

Thomas J. Vilsack, OSEC,

              Appellee

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:       Henderson, Childs, and Pan, Circuit Judges

                                    JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.
34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). Upon consideration of the foregoing and the motion for
reconsideration of the order setting a briefing schedule, it is

       ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s October 10, 2023 order
denying appellant’s motion to reinstate case be affirmed. To the extent appellant has
sought to challenge the August 1, 2023 order dismissing her complaint for failure to
state a claim, her appeal is not timely as to that order because it was filed more than 60
days after the order was issued. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B). Regarding the
October 10, 2023 order denying appellant’s motion to reinstate case, the district court
did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion because appellant did not address,
much less clarify, the basis for her claims. See United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc.,
840 F.3d 844, 852 (D.C. Cir. 2016) (reviewing for abuse of discretion a district court
order denying a motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 to reopen a final
judgment). It is

       FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration be dismissed as moot.

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk
is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5256                                                September Term, 2023

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.
P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

                                       Per Curiam

                                                         FOR THE COURT:
                                                         Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                                 BY:     /s/
                                                         Daniel J. Reidy
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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