Davis v. Vance

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Arthur Davis suggests he is appealing the grant of summary judgment to his former criminal-defense attorney, Travis Vance. But what Davis is really doing is appealing the denial of his Rule 60(b) motion to reconsider the grant of *963summary judgment to Vance.1 Our review of the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion is extremely limited. We are not allowed to inquire into the actual merits of the underlying judgment. Instead, we ask if Rule 60(b) provides relief.

¶ 2. Rule 60(b) applies only to “extraordinary circumstances, for matters collateral to the merits.”2 And in his…