Reopening judgments for fraud
Newton v. Kardashian
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Charles D.
- Who it affects
- Newton received no Supreme Court review, and the Court did not decide whether his evidence justified reopening his judgment.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
Newton asked the Supreme Court to review his claim that the Sixth Circuit wrongly disregarded captions and nonverbal actions in digital exhibits that, he said, showed concealed criminal misconduct and justified reopening his case under a rule allowing relief from a final judgment. The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) and did not decide that claim.
Newton relied on a rule that can let courts reopen final judgments in exceptional circumstances.
Question presented
Whether extraordinary circumstances exist under Rule 60(b)(6) when a court ’ s misapplication of Federal Rules of Evidence 801(a) and 801(d)(2)(B) causes it to disregard captions and nonverbal conduct in digital exhibits that constitute statements and adoptive admissions revealing concealed ’ criminal misconduct. This stance conflicts with this Court ’ s decisions in Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co. and its progeny holding that fraud corrupting the judicial process constitutes the type of extraordinary circumstance requiring relief.
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