Sawyer v. Goodman

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Although the defendant’s motion alleges that the judgment is a nullity, as it would be if he was not properly served with process, instead of the motion being treated as one to set aside a void judgment under Rule 60(b)(4) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, it was treated, perhaps at the defendant’s request, as a motion justifying relief for “any other reason” under Rule 60(b)(6). This may have been because it was correctly recognized that the court’s jurisdiction over the defendant through valid service of process is amply supported by the record and because of the wide…