Gregory Lynn Norwood v. Steve J. Vance;

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision**
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
GREGORY LYNN NORWOOD,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
STEVE J. VANCE; et al.,
Defendants - Appellees.
No. 12-15354
D.C. No. 2:03-cv-02554-GEB-
GGH
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of California
Garland E. Burrell, Jr., District Judge, Presiding
Submitted April 16, 2013**
Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
California state prisoner Gregory Lynn Norwood appeals pro se from the
district court’s order denying his motion for relief from judgment in his 42 U.S.C.
§ 1983 action. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo
the district court’s determination of jurisdiction over a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)
FILED
APR 23 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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motion, Scott v. Younger, 739 F.2d 1464, 1466 (9th Cir. 1984), and for an abuse of
discretion the district court’s denial of such a motion, Latshaw v. Trainer Wortham
& Co., 452 F.3d 1097, 1100 (9th Cir. 2006). We may affirm on any ground
supported by the record. Herring v. FDIC, 82 F.3d 282, 284 (9th Cir. 1996). We
affirm.
To the extent that Norwood’s motion seeks relief under Rule 60(b)(1) or
Rule 60(b)(3), the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider it because Norwood
filed the motion more than one year after judgment was entered. See Fed. R. Civ.
P. 60(c)(1) (Rule 60(b)(1) and Rule 60(b)(3) motions must be made within one
year of entry of judgment); Nevitt v. United States, 886 F.2d 1187, 1188 (9th Cir.
1989) (pendency of appeal does not toll one-year filing period, and a district court
lacks jurisdiction to consider an untimely motion to set aside a judgment).
To the extent that Norwood’s motion falls within Rule 60(b)(6), denial of the
motion was not an abuse of discretion because Norwood failed to establish
extraordinary circumstances. See Mackey v. Hoffman, 682 F.3d 1247, 1251 (9th
Cir. 2012) (to qualify for relief under Rule 60(b)(6), movant must “establish the
existence of extraordinary circumstances”); Lal v. California, 610 F.3d 518, 524
(9th Cir. 2010) (to constitute extraordinary circumstances, attorney must engage in
“neglect so gross that it is inexcusable”).

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The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Norwood’s motion
for an evidentiary hearing and an investigator. See Stanley v. Schriro, 598 F.3d
612, 617 (9th Cir. 2010) (noting that we review denials of evidentiary hearing
requests for an abuse of discretion); Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir.
2009) (setting forth the standard of review and explaining the “exceptional
circumstances” requirement for appointing an investigator).
We reject as unpersuasive Norwood’s contention that the district court erred
in failing to augment the record.
We deny appellees’ request, set forth in their brief, to certify Norwood’s
appeal as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
AFFIRMED.

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