United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee--Cross-Appellant v. Jack Griffin, Appeal of Merrill Moores, Cross-Appellee

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• noting that Rule 60(a) mediates between the interests of finality and accuracy in the adjudication of rights through a combination of its small scope (\clerical mistakes\) and unlimited time, whereas Rule 60(b
• explaining that Rule 60(a) “applies to all clerical miscues, trivial and important alike”
• giving various examples of errors in awarding interest in judgments, both within and outside purview of rule 60[a]
• upholding a change entered under Rule 60(a) that corrected the rate at which interest would run on the judgment so that it comported with the rate to which the parties had agreed in a signed stipulation
• “[F]actual and legal misconceptions, as well as exercises of discretion, may not be corrected under [Civil] Rule 60(a), while blunders in execution may be.”
• “The Rule does not permit alterations of factual and legal decisions deliberately made.”

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