Legal Opinion
Moradi v. Protas, Kay, Spivok & Protas, Chartered
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 3, 1985No. 84-1001PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
In this case appellant challenges the dismissal of his complaint and the trial court’s denial of his motion to reconsider that dismissal. Because appellant failed to note a timely appeal from the court’s order dismissing the complaint, we lack jurisdiction to review that order. However, we hold that the court abused its discretion in denying appellant’s motion for reconsideration, which we construe as a motion for relief under Superior Court Civil Rule 60(b), and thus we reverse the order denying that motion.
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