NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 23 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

WILLIAM J. WHITSITT, No. 21-16670

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-01178-KJM-AC

v.

MEMORANDUM*

CITY OF STOCKTON; SAN JOAQUIN

COUNTY; KELLY MORRIS; SAN

JOAQUIN COUNTY PROBATION

DEPARTMENT; NICKY MORRIS; SAN

JOAQUIN COUNTY DISTRICT

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE; MEWHINNEY; A.

LIZARDO; CHRISTENSEN; JOHN

AFANSASIEV; MORGAN T. FAWVER,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Kimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted July 16, 2024**

Before: SCHROEDER, VANDYKE, and KOH, Circuit Judges.

The motion to recall the mandate (Docket Entry No. 17) is granted. The

* 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). February 2, 2023 order of dismissal for failure to prosecute is vacated and the

appeal is reinstated. The Clerk will file the supplemental opening brief received on

February 27, 2024.

William J. Whitsitt appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion seeking to reopen his action alleging

various federal and state law claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We review for an abuse of discretion. Lemoge v. United States, 587 F.3d 1188,

1191-92 (9th Cir. 2009). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Whitsitt’s motion to

reopen his case because Whitsitt failed to demonstrate a basis for relief. See Sch.

Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah County, Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1263 (9th

Cir. 1993) (setting forth grounds for relief under Rule 60(b)).

We do not consider Whitsitt’s contentions concerning the merits of the

underlying case. See Henson v. Fid. Nat’l Fin., Inc., 943 F.3d 434, 444 (9th

Cir. 2019) (“[A]n appeal from the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion brings up for

review only the denial of that motion, . . . not the underlying judgment.”).

AFFIRMED.

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