Court Opinion

ID: 9813766
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 23:19:28.528188+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:31:46.966467
License: Public Domain

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
Although I adhere to the position expressed in my opinion dissenting from the denial of Spirko’s original habeas corpus petition, Spirko v. Mitchell, 368 F.3d 603, 614-18 (6th Cir.2004) (Gilman, J., dissenting), I agree with my colleagues and with the district court that Spirko has not met the high burden of proving fraud on the habeas court either under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or via an independent action for relief from judgment. I therefore agree that the judgment of the district court should be affirmed.