Eric Bernard Shields v. FedEx Kinko; Bryant Coleman, Store Manager; Jeff Perrin, Assistant Store Manager

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 12-2440
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Eric Bernard Shields
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant
v.
FedEx Kinko; Bryant Coleman, Store Manager; Jeff Perrin, Assistant Store Manager
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendants - Appellees
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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Submitted: October 12, 2012
Filed: October 25, 2012
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
More than one year after the district court denied Eric Shields’s employment-1
discrimination suit as frivolous, Shields filed new papers, including a motion for
The Honorable Henry E. Autrey, United States District Judge for the Eastern1
District of Missouri.

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reconsideration. The filings included a variety of information, such as lists of
government officials, biblical quotes, and selected federal statutes. The district court
denied reconsideration, and Shields timely appeals.
Having carefully reviewed the record, we find that the district court did not
abuse its discretion in denying reconsideration, because nothing in Shields’s filings
demonstrated exceptional circumstances warranting relief from the judgment. See
Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6); Sanders v. Clemco Indus., 862 F.2d 161, 169-70 (8th Cir.
1988); Arnold v. Wood, 238 F.3d 992, 998 (8th Cir. 2001) (appeal from denial of
Rule 60(b) motion does not present underlying judgment for review; movant must
demonstrate exceptional circumstances to warrant Rule 60(b)(6) relief), cert. denied,
534 U.S. 975 (2001), reh’g denied, 534 U.S. 1102 (2002). Accordingly, we affirm.
See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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