U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1993

Dempsey v. White

Dempsey v. White
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · Decided June 14, 1993

Dempsey v. White

Opinion

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION] UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For The FIRST CIRCUIT

No. 93-1164 JOHN B. DEMPSEY, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. VANNA WHITE, Defendant, Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Judge]

Before Torruella, Cyr and Boudin, Circuit Judges.

John B. Dempsey on brief pro se.

June 11, 1993

Per Curiam. The only question presented by this

appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying pro se appellant's motion under Fed. R. Civ. P.

60(b). See Duffy v. Clippinger, 857 F.2d 877, 879 (1st Cir.

1988). Appellant's allegations that he is entitled to relief from judgment because of excusable neglect, Rule 60(b)(1), and newly discovered evidence, Rule 60(b)(2), are frivolous.

It is clear that appellant's profferings - that he failed to cite certain statutes, propound certain theories, offer certain amendments, or refer to certain non-legal publications - are merely attempts to reargue the merits of his case. We affirmed the dismissal of appellant's complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. 1915(d). Dempsey v. White,

No. 91-1253, slip op. Mar. 29, 1991. There was no error of judgment on the part of the trial court.

Affirmed. Appellant's pending motion for a gag

order restraining order is denied.

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