Finney v. Howey

1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA 3 BRANNON FINNEY, 4 Plaintiff, 5 v. Case No. 3:20-cv-00289-SLG-KFR 6 BRYAN R. HOWEY, and his marital 7 community, 8 Defendant. 9 10 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO DENY MOTION TO VACATE JUDGMENT 11 The Court recommends denial of Defendant’s Motion to Vacate Judgment 12 under Rule 60(b)(4) at Docket 17. The Court finds that Plaintiff pled a cognizable 13 claim in admiralty and that federal jurisdiction over the matter was proper. Federal 14 admiralty jurisdiction exists because the contract at issue was sufficiently maritime 15 in…