Walters

BACKGROUND

21 Plaintiff Thomas L. Goff, currently a state prisoner appearing pro se, initiated this action 22 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. 1. On April 23, 2021, Plaintiff’s case was dismissed for failure to 23 prosecute due to Plaintiff’s failure to pay the required filing fee after the Court revoked his in 24 forma pauperis status. See docket. Plaintiff appealed the Court’s order and on December 14, 25

26 1 Plaintiff’s motion objects “to the findings and recommendation submitted to this court on 12-15- 24,” and states that “[t]his motion was just sent to [Plaintiff] on 1-25-24.” Doc. 55. The docket 27 does not reflect any such filing. Rather, the Court dismissed this case on April 23, 2021 (Doc. 48), Plaintiff appealed, and the Ninth Circuit dismissed Plaintiff’s appeal on November 22, 28 2022 (Doc. 53). 1 2022, the Ninth Circuit dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Doc. 53. On April 11, 2024, 2 Plaintiff filed a motion to reopen this case, citing Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). 3 APPLICABLE LAW AND ANALYSIS 4 A. Legal Standard 5 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) provides relief from a final judgment, order, or…