Kazakevich v. Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala.

Kevin Kazakevich filed this action pursuant to Rule 60(b), Ala.R.Civ.P., to set aside a judgment of dismissal entered in his earlier action and to reinstate that action. The circuit court had dismissed that earlier action with prejudice for want of prosecution. The circuit court dismissed Kazakevich's Rule 60(b) action, with prejudice, refusing to set aside the earlier dismissal. The issues presented are whether the plaintiff is entitled under Rule 60(b)(6) to relief from the judgment of dismissal and to reinstatement of the earlier action and whether that action, or its reinstatement, is…