FTC v. Gary Hewitt

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, No. 21-56037

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:09-cv-04719- v. MWF-CW

GARY HEWITT,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant,

and

JOHN BECK AMAZING PROFITS,

LLC, a California limited liability company; JOHN ALEXANDER, LLC, a California limited liability company; JEFF PAUL, LLC, a California limited liability company;

MENTORING OF AMERICA, LLC,

a California limited liability company; FAMILY PRODUCTS, LLC, a California limited liability company;

DOUGLAS GRAVINK; JOHN

BECK; JOHN ALEXANDER; JEFF

PAUL,

Defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 16, 2023 Pasadena, California

Filed May 11, 2023

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Andrew D. Hurwitz, and Bridget S. Bade, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

SUMMARY *

Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of Gary Hewitt’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for relief from an equitable money judgment, in a case…