WILLIAM J. MARTÍNEZ, District Judge.
On July 30, 2013, the Court affirmed the Commissioner of Social Security's ("Commissioner") decision denying Plaintiff Georgiana Montgomery-Brooks's ("Plaintiff") request for waiver of the overpayment recovery of social security benefits (the "Order"). (ECF No. 31.) Before the Court is Plaintiff's Combined Motion for Relief From Judgment Order and Motion Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 103
The Court must liberally construe Plaintiff's Motion because she is not represented by an attorney. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520-21 (1972); Hall v. Bellmon, 935 F.2d 1106, 1110 (10th Cir. 1991). The Court, however, should not be an advocate for a pro se litigant. See Hall, 935 F.2d at 1110.
Plaintiff's Motion was filed pursuant to numerous provisions of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), which state that a court may relieve a party from a final judgment, order or other proceeding on the grounds of "mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect," fraud or misrepresentation, or any other reason that justifies relief. See Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 60(b)(1), (3) & (6).
This is Plaintiff's second motion for reconsideration. This Court denied Plaintiff's first motion, finding that "Plaintiff has failed to show that the Court's Order was the result of mistake, inadvertence, fraud, or any other reason covered by Rule 60." (ECF No. 37.) In the instant Motion, Plaintiff again argues that the Court should reconsider its Order affirming the ALJ's decision because she has an ongoing dispute with the Commissioner regarding the amount of overpayment. (Motion at 1-2.) However, despite Plaintiff's repeated assertions otherwise, the amount of overpayment was not at issue in either the ALJ's decision or the Court's Order.
In his decision, the ALJ stated that:
(ECF No. 39-1 at 11.) The ALJ went on to say that if Plaintiff was unsatisfied with the explanation she received from the Social Security Administration, then she should appeal. (Id.) It appears that Plaintiff understood the ALJ's statements to mean that if Plaintiff was dissatisfied with the ALJ's decision, she should appeal the ALJ's decision and not the subsequent explanation of overpayment. (See ECF. No. 39 at 6 ("I was dissatisfied and have appealed.").) This is not a correct interpretation of the ALJ's statement. As the Court has already explained to Plaintiff, because the amount of overpayment was
Relief under Rule 60(b) is appropriate only in extraordinary circumstances. Massengale v. Okla. Bd. of Exam'rs in Optometry, 30 F.3d 1325, 1330 (10th Cir. 1994). Plaintiff has failed to show that the Court's Order was the result of mistake, inadvertence, fraud, or any other reason covered by Rule 60. Based on Plaintiff's argument, the Court finds no extraordinary circumstances that would require a reconsideration of the Order. As a result, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to demonstrate any basis for Rule 60(b) relief and, therefore, Plaintiff's Motion is Denied.
For the reasons set forth above, the Court ORDERS that Plaintiff's Combined Motion for Relief From Judgment Order and Motion to Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence is DENIED.