Pittman v. Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Pittman v. Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics, 651 F. App'x 656 (9th Cir. 2016)

Pittman v. Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Randall Pittman appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion to set aside the judgment dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction his employment class action lawsuit. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Harman v. Harper, 7 F.3d 1455, 1458 (9th Cir. 1993). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Pittman’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6) motion because Pittman failed to establish extraordinary circumstances. See Lal v. California, 610 F.3d 518, 524 (9th Cir. 2010) (a party must bring a Rule 60(b)(6) motion within a reasonable time and demonstrate “extraordinary circumstances”); id. (to constitute extraordinary circumstances, attorney must engage in “neglect so gross that it is inexcusable”).

We lack jurisdiction to review Pittman’s challenges to the district court’s judgment because Pittman did not file a timely notice of appeal or post-judgment tolling mo *657 tion. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after entry of judgment); Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007) (“[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement.”).

We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n. 2 (9th Cir. 2009).

The parties’ motions to take judicial notice, filed on June 27, 2014, and July 2, 2014, are denied as unnecessary.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Randall PITTMAN, Individually, and on Behalf of Other Members of the General Public Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS DIAGNOSTICS, a California Corporation; Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Status
Unpublished