Runnels v. Sheriff, Gregg County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS No. 6:20-cv-00166 William A. Runnels, Petitioner, v. Sheriff, Gregg County, Respondent. ORDER Before the court is petitioner William A. Runnels’s motion to vacate judgment and for reinstatement. Doc. 23. Petitioner filed his motion more than 28 days after the entry of the final judgment. See Doc. 20. The motion will be construed as a mo- tion for relief from judgment filed pursuant to Rule 60(b). See Pryor v. U.S. Postal Serv.,

769 F.2d 281, 285

(5th Cir. 1985) (char- acterizing a non-specific motion to alter a judgment as a Rule 60(b)…