Desmond Patrick Brendan Corr v. Gannett Pacific Corporation

85 F.3d 634 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Desmond Patrick Brendan CORR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GANNETT PACIFIC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 95-16323. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 30, 1996. * Decided May 6, 1996. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Desmond Patrick Brendan Corr appeals pro se the district court's denial of his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion to reconsider the court's dismissal of the civil rights action Corr and his wife Patricia filed against Gannett Pacific Corporation, owner of the Honolulu Advertiser. 1 Corr contends Gannett improperly obtained judgment against him through mail fraud and misconduct. We conclude the district court properly determined (1) Corr was not entitled to relief from judgment due to fraud, see Luttrell v. United States, 644 F.2d 1274, 1276 (9th Cir.1981); (2) amendment of the complaint would have been futile, Noll v. Carlson, 809 F.2d…