Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-07-01 22:48:12+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                         FILED
                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT                            JUL 1 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                         U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 10-16361

              Plaintiff - Appellee,              D.C. No. 2:05-cv-02176-MCE-
                                                 CMK
  v.

MICHAEL CAREY and LEONE CAREY,                   MEMORANDUM *

              Defendants - Appellants,

  and

DOUGLAS J. CARPA, (or his successor
trustee), as Trustee of the Ranch Holding
Trust; et al.,

              Defendants,

JOHN CAREY; et al.,

              Applicants for Intervention.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Eastern District of California
                 Morrison C. England, Jr., District Judge, Presiding

        *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
                             Submitted June 15, 2011 **

Before:        CANBY, O’SCANNLAIN, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.

      Michael Carey and Leone Carey appeal pro se from the district court’s order

denying their motion to vacate the judgment. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s decision on a Fed. R. Civ. P.

60(b)(4) motion. Retail Clerks Union Joint Pension Trust v. Freedom Food Ctr.,

Inc., 938 F.2d 136, 137 (9th Cir. 1991). We affirm.

      The district court properly denied the Careys’ motion to vacate as untimely

because the motion was filed nearly three years after the judgment, and the Careys

did not provide any legitimate excuse for the delay. See, e.g., Hammer v. Drago

(In re Hammer), 940 F.2d 524, 526 (9th Cir. 1991) (un-excused two year delay in

filing a motion for relief from judgment was unreasonable). Moreover, contrary to

the Careys’ contentions, the bankruptcy court ruled that their tax liability was non-

dischargeable. See United States v. Carey (In Re Carey), 326 B.R. 816, 824

(Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2005).

      The Careys’ remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

      We do not consider matters that are not specifically and distinctly raised and

          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir.

2009) (per curiam).

      AFFIRMED.

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