Nosrat Shoai v. Dept. Of Corrections Napa State Hospital

995 F.2d 232 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Nosrat SHOAI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS; Napa State Hospital, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16518. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 25, 1993. * Decided June 2, 1993. Before: HUG, WIGGINS, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Nosrat Shoai appeals pro se the district court's denial of her Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion for relief from the district court's order dismissing Shoai's Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., employment discrimination action for lack of prosecution. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. 3 We review the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion for abuse of discretion, and we will reverse "only upon a clear showing of abuse of discretion." Molloy v. Wilson, 878 F.2d 313, 315 (9th Cir.1989) (quotations omitted). We review only the denial of the Rule 60(b) motion, not the merits of the underlying judgment. Id.…