Rajesh Varma v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Rajesh Varma v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 23 2021

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT RAJESH VARMA; MAHIMA VARMA, No. 19-56336

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 5:18-cv-01038-JGB-SP v.

MEMORANDUM* NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Central District of California

Jesus G. Bernal, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 16, 2021** Before: GRABER, R. NELSON, and HUNSAKER, Circuit Judges.

Rajesh Varma and Mahima Varma appeal pro se from the district court’s post-judgment order denying plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration of the district court’s judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ diversity action arising out of foreclosure proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an

*

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

**

The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). abuse of discretion. Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir. 1993). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiffs’ post- judgment motion for reconsideration because plaintiffs failed to demonstrate any grounds for relief. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(3); Casey v. Albertson’s Inc., 362 F.3d 1254, 1257, 1260 (9th Cir. 2004) (to prevail under Rule 60(b)(3), the “moving party must prove by clear and convincing evidence” that judgment was obtained through fraud, misrepresentation, or other misconduct that was not “discoverable by due diligence before or during the proceedings” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

We do not consider plaintiffs’ contentions regarding the underlying judgment because plaintiffs failed to file a timely notice of appeal as to the judgment. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A) (notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days of judgment). Because plaintiffs’ motions for relief under Rule 60 were filed more than 28 days after the entry of judgment, they did not toll the time to file a notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(4)(A)(vi).

AFFIRMED.

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