United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 98-3144 ___________ Joseph Noel Sykes, * * Appellant, * * Appeal from the United States v. * District Court for the * District of Minnesota.

Douglas Scott Kunin; Harold Klemp; * Eckankar, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellees. * ___________ Submitted: May 27, 1999 Filed: June 7, 1999 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM.

Joseph Noel Sykes appeals the district court’s1 order denying his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ briefs, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion, as no extraordinary circumstances exist which would warrant the relief Sykes requested. See Chambers v. Armontrout, 16 F.3d 257, 261 (8th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

The HONORABLE ANN D. MONTGOMERY, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

We deny appellees’ motion to dismiss this appeal.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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