Opinion
13-10757
09-07-2023
ALI DARWICH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Defendant.
OPINION AND ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 60(B)(6)
ROBERT H. CLELAND, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
This civil action was dismissed almost ten years ago for being barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 487 (1994), bring claims against a Defendant entitled to absolute immunity, and for otherwise failing to state a claim. (ECF No. 20, 24.) Plaintiff did not appeal. Plaintiff now brings a motion for relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60, stating that newly discovered evidence requires that the judgment be set aside. The court is unpersuaded.
First, Plaintiff's motion, filed almost a decade after his case was dismissed, is untimely. Under Rule 60(c)(1), any motion brought under Rule 60 must be filed within “a reasonable time,” and if based on newly discovered evidence, within one year after entry of judgment. Plaintiff's delay under these circumstances is unreasonable and his motion will be denied as untimely. Moreover, even if the motion were timely, it is nonsensical as it does little more than expound on Plaintiff's wild conspiracy theories at the heart of this lawsuit. His motions do not address the legal reasons why his case was dismissed as barred under Heck v. Humphrey, doctrines of immunity, and for failure to state a claim. As such, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (ECF 26) is DENIED.