Rayford v. Pryor, Jr. v. U.S. Postal Service

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• affirming the denial of Rule 60(b)(1) relief from order of dismissal for want of prosecution
• “This Court has pointedly announced that a party has a duty of diligence to inquire about the status of a case . . . .”
• “Implicit in the fact that Rule 60(b)(1) affords extraordinary relief is the requirement that the movant make a sufficient showing of unusual or unique circumstances justifying such relief.”
• “Were [we] to make an exception to finality of judgment each time a hardship was visited upon the unfortunate client of a negligent or inadvertent attorney ... meaningful finality of judgment would largely disappear.”
• “Were [the c]ourt to make an exception to finality of judgment each time a hardship was visited upon the unfortunate client of a negligent or inadvertent attorney … meaningful finality of judgment would largely disappear.”
• four month delay not reasonable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).