UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-2655

MAYNER J. POPE, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS FOR BALTIMORE CITY; JULIUS CHERRY, Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Alexander Harvey II, Senior District Judge. (CA-93-4119-H)

Submitted: July 2, 1998 Decided: July 16, 1998

Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Mayner J. Pope, Appellant Pro Se. Laurice Deanne Royal, Joanne Evans-Anderson, OFFICE OF THE CITY SOLICITOR, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: Mayner J. Pope appeals an order of the district court denying her motion for reconsideration pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(5), (6). Pope asked the district court to reopen a judgment entered against her in December 1994, which she did not appeal. We affirm the district court’s order.

A party seeking relief under Rule 60(b) must show timeliness, a valid defense, lack of unfair prejudice to the other parties, and exceptional circumstances. Once she has established these elements, the party must then establish one of the six parts of 60(b). Dowell v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Auto. Ins. Co., 993 F.2d 46, 48 (4th Cir. 1993). We review the district court’s decision for abuse of discre- tion. National Org. for Women v. Operation Rescue, 47 F.3d 667, 669 (4th Cir. 1995). Delay in bringing the motion and failure to appeal the original judgment are appropriate factors for the district court to consider. Id. We conclude that the district court’s denial of the motion is not an abuse of discretion. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and oral argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED