FAIZAH DEAN V. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, No. 15-55314 (9th Cir. 2017)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 30 2017 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT FAIZAH NAILAH DEAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 15-55314 D.C. No. 5:12-cv-01435-MWF-DTB v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON; INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 47, a Unincorporated Association, MEMORANDUM* Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding Submitted January 18, 2017** Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges. Faizah Nailah Dean appeals pro se from the district court’s order rejecting Dean’s fourth post-judgment motion for relief from the district court’s order * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). granting summary judgment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s decision to deny a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion. Casey v. Albertson’s Inc., 362 F.3d 1254, 1257 (9th Cir. 2004). We affirm. The district court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Dean’s Rule 60(b) motion where Dean failed to file it “within a reasonable time”. Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 (c); Ashford v. Steuart, 657 F.2d 1053, 1055 (9th Cir. 1981) (setting forth factors to determine whether a Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1)-(3) motion has been filed within a “reasonable time”; where the time for a direct appeal has passed, “the interest in finality must be given great weight”). AFFIRMED. 2 15-55314

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