Volpicelli v. Palmer

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: January 13, 2022
• Docket: 3:10-cv-00005
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 * * * 8 FERRILL JOSEPH VOLPICELLI, Case No. 3:10-cv-00005-RCJ-VPC 9 Petitioner, ORDER 10 v.

11 JACK PALMER, et al.,

12 Respondents.

13 14 On April 30, 2015, this court entered a final order and judgment denying Ferrill 15 Joseph Volpicelli’s petition for writ of habeas corpus on the merits (ECF No. 58). On 16 appeal, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Volpicelli’s request 17 for a certificate of appealability and the United States Supreme Court denied his petition 18 for writ of certiorari (ECF Nos. 62, 64). On April 5, 2021, Volpicelli filed a motion for relief 19 from judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) (ECF No. 66). For reasons that follow, the 20 motion is denied. 21 As the basis for his Rule 60(b) motion, Volpicelli claims that jurisdictional defects 22 within his state habeas proceedings undermine the validity of this court’s adjudication of 23 his federal habeas petitions.1 Rule 60(b) entitles the moving party to relief from judgment 24 on several grounds, including the catch-all category “any other reason justifying relief from 25 the operation of the judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6). Because Volpicelli seeks relief 26 under subsection (b)(6), he must make a showing of “extraordinary circumstances,” which 27

28 1 In case no. 3:14-cv-579-MMD Volpicelli challenged a 2013 amended state judgment of conviction. 1 || “will rarely occur in the habeas context.” Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524, 535 (2005). 2 || While not subject to a specific time limit, a party wno seeks under Rule 60(b)(6) must act 3 || within a “reasonable time.” See Bynoe v. Baca, 966 F.3d 972, 980 (9th Cir. 2020) (citing 4 || Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1)). 5 Here, Volpicelli does not identify any extraordinary circumstances other than the 6 || supposed “jurisdictional defects” in the state court habeas proceedings. With his motion 7 || he concedes that he “has been diligently litigating his extraordinary circumstances within 8 || the federal habeas proceedings for over a decade” (ECF No. 66, p. 3). To the extent 9 || Volpicelli presents new arguments or claims with his Rule 60(b) motion, he offers no 10 || justification for not raising them with this court or the Ninth Circuit in his prior federal 11 || proceedings. Thus, his Rule 60(b) motion is without merit and will be denied. See Schanen 12 || v. United States Dep't of Justice, 762 F.2d 805, 807-08 (9th Cir.1985), reaffd as modified, 13 || 798 F.2d 348 (9th Cir.1986) (new arguments which a party could have raised prior to entry 14 || of the underlying judgment do not warrant relief under Rule 60(b)(6)). 15 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Volpicelli’s motion for relief from judgment 16 || under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) (ECF No. 66) is DENIED. 17 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Volpicelli's motion for appointment of counsel 18 || (ECF No. 65) and motion to stay proceedings (ECF No. 76) are DENIED as moot. 19 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions for extension of time (ECF 20 || Nos. 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 78, and 79) are GRANTED nunc pro tunc as of their respective 21 || filing dates. 22 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Volpicelli’s motion to order clerk to provide filed 23 || ECFs to petitioner (ECF No. 81) and motion for electronic service (ECF No. 82) are 24 || GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to electronically deliver ECF Nos. 76 and 77 to □□□□□□□□□□ 25 || at Icclawlibrary@doc.nv.gov. 26 January 13, 2022. 27 . ROBERT C,JJDONES 28 UNITED STARA ES DISTRICT JUDGE