Bamforth
Bamforth v. Facebook, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANDREW DAVID BAMFORTH, Case No. 20-cv-09483-DMR
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. RELIEF FROM JUDGMENT
FACEBOOK, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 53 Defendants.
In this trademark and copyright infringement case, Plaintiff Andrew Bamforth moves for relief from judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) (“Mot.”). [Docket No. 49.] On September 10, 2021, the court granted Defendants Facebook Inc. and Mark Zuckerberg’s (“Facebook”) motion to dismiss Bamforth’s First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) with prejudice. [Docket No. 48.] Judgment for Facebook was entered the same day. [Docket No. 49.] On October 8, 2021, Bamforth filed the present motion as well as a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [Docket Nos. 52, 53.] Bamforth’s motion is denied without prejudice. Ordinarily, “[t]he filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional significance—it confers…