BELL v. INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA POLICE

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION

THOMAS PHILLIP BELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-00651-JPH-DLP ) INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA POLICE, ) ) Defendant. )

ORDER

Plaintiff, Thomas Bell, brought this action on February 27, 2020, alleging that someone "illegally manipulate[d] the stop light[s]," causing him to hit another driver who pulled in front of him. Dkt. 1; dkt. 5. On May 1, 2020, the Court dismissed this case with prejudice for failure to state a plausible claim. Dkt. 12; dkt. 13. On February 22, 2021, Mr. Bell filed a "complaint" again alleging that he "was picked on with the traffic lights" and "had no choice but to run into a man['s] truck." Dkt. [20]. The Court construes the filing as a motion to reopen this case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). See Arwa Chiropractic, P.C. v. Med-Care Diabetic & Med. Supp., Inc., 961 F.3d 942, 948 (7th Cir. 2020) ("Relief from a final judgment [under Rule 60(b)] is available because of mistake, inadvertence, excusable neglect, newly discovered evidence, fraud, the judgment is void or has been satisfied, or any other reason that justifies relief."). That motion is DENIED because it does not identify any error in the judgment or argue that relief is warranted under that rule. See Kennedy v. Schneider Elec., 893 F.3d 414, 419 (7th Cir. 2018) ("Rule 60 relief is limited to ‘extraordinary’ situations where a judgment is the inadvertent product of ‘special circumstances."). SO ORDERED. Date: 2/24/2021 SJamu Patrick hawlove James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge Southern District of Indiana Distribution: THOMAS PHILLIP BELL 4521 E. Washington Street Apt. A2 Indianapolis, IN 46201