United States v. Joey Antwan Smith

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: Raymond W. Gruender, Pasco M. Bowman and Bobby E. Shepherd (UNPUBLISHED) [4170754] [13-2701]

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 13-2701 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, VIN# 2G1WW12E349209700 lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant Joey Antwan Smith lllllllllllllllllllllClaimant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________ Submitted: June 25, 2014 Filed: July 1, 2014 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Appellate Case: 13-2701 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/01/2014 Entry ID: 4170754 In this civil forfeiture action, Joey Smith appeals the district court’s1 denial of his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) motion for relief from the judgment. Upon careful review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we conclude that Smith did not present a valid basis for post-judgment relief, and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying his post-judgment motion. See Murphy v. Mo. Dep’t of Corr., 506 F.3d 1111, 1117 (8th Cir. 2007) (district court’s denial of Rule 60(b)(6) motion is reviewed for abuse of discretion); see also Arnold v. Wood, 238 F.3d 992, 998 (8th Cir. 2001) (because Rule 60(b) motion cannot substitute for appeal, appeal from denial of Rule 60(b) motion does not present underlying judgment for appellate review; Rule 60(b) is not vehicle for simple reargument on merits); Ivy v. Kimbrough, 115 F.3d 550, 552 (8th Cir. 1997) (attorney’s ignorance or carelessness does not constitute excusable neglect). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. -2- Appellate Case: 13-2701 Page: 2 Date Filed: 07/01/2014 Entry ID: 4170754

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