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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-7011                                                September Term, 2022
                                                                      1:22-cv-00693-UNA
                                                      Filed On: May 23, 2023
May Chen,

              Appellant

       v.

Metropolitan Police Department, et al.,

              Appellees

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

       BEFORE:       Wilkins and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit
                     Judge

                                    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
entry of judgment and the supplement thereto, it is

       ORDERED that the motion for entry of judgment be denied. It is

       FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s December 16,
2022 order be affirmed. The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying
appellant’s motion for relief from judgment. See Smalls v. United States, 471 F.3d 186,
191 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (district court’s denial of relief under Rule 60(b) reviewed for abuse
of discretion); United States v. Civ. Aeronautics Bd., 510 F.2d 769, 773 (D.C. Cir. 1975)
(same, for denial of relief under Rule 60(a)). Entry of default or default judgment was
not warranted where the case was dismissed before the defendants were served. See
Keegel v. Key W. & Caribbean Trading Co., 627 F.2d 372, 374 (D.C. Cir. 1980) (“No
obligation to answer arose until after service was effected.”).
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-7011                                                September Term, 2022

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published.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
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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