Opinion
00 Civ. 4559 (LAK)
June 19, 2002
ORDER
By letter dated June 6, 2002 and received by the undersigned June 19, 2002, petitioner again seeks reconsideration, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b), of this Court's orders of January 30, February 8, and July 18, 2001, the first of which denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and the latter two of which denied his motions for reconsideration and for relief pursuant to Rule 60(b), respectively.
Inasmuch as final judgment long ago was entered against petitioner, Rule 60(b) must be satisfied as a precondition to the grant of any relief. Petitioner has failed to show that relief is warranted on any of the grounds there listed. The fact that petitioner disagrees with the previous rulings is not a sufficient basis for relief from the judgment. He had a right to appeal from that judgment. If, as he claims, his appeal was dismissed because he did not receive legal mail in sufficient time to respond as required by the Court of Appeals, he may petition that Court to reopen his appeal. And if, as he claims, he did so but his papers never reached the Court of Appeals, he may seek to do so again. Absent satisfaction of Rule 60(b), however, his case in this Court ended long ago.
Motion denied.
SO ORDERED.