Legal Opinion
NKIHTAQMIKON v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 4, 2009No. CV-05-188-B-WPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
On June 16, 2008, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit stayed the Plaintiffs appeal and invited a motion in this Court for relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). The Court grants the Plaintiffs motion under Rule 60(b)(2), newly discovered evidence, and Rule 60(b)(5), relief from judgment based on an earlier judgment that has been reversed. It does not reach the Plaintiffs Rule 60(b)(6) argument, since Rule 60(b)(6) is a catchall provision, which only becomes applicable when none of the…
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