IRMA CARRILLO RAMIREZ, Magistrate Judge.
Pursuant to Special Order No. 3-251, this case has been referred for pretrial management. Before the Court is the plaintiff's Motion, filed March 24, 2014 (doc. 112), seeking to reopen his closed case. Based on the relevant filings and applicable law, the motion should be
On August 3, 2010, Mamadou Diallo (Plaintiff) filed a pro se complaint against Celestica LLC
The plaintiff's request to reopen his case may be liberally construed as seeking relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). See Smith v. Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice, Institutional Div. 79 Fed.App'x 61, 62 (5th Cir.2003) (construing prisoner's motion to reopen § 1983 civil rights action as arising under Rule 60(b)) (citing Halicki v. Louisiana Casino Cruises, Inc., 151 F.3d 465, 470 (5th Cir.1998)); Heath v. Thomas, 3:99-CV-2277-D, 2007 WL 2229056, *1 (N.D. Tex. Jul. 31, 2007) (construing pro se motion to reinstate and reopen case as a Rule 60(b) motion).
Rule 60(b) provides that upon motion, a court may relieve a party from a final judgment or order for the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence that with reasonable diligence could not have been discovered earlier; (3) fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct by an opposing party; (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or it is based on an earlier judgment that has been reversed or vacated, or that applying the judgment prospectively is no longer equitable; or (6) any other reason that justifies relief. Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1)-(6). Relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(6) will only be granted in cases involving extraordinary circumstances. See Hess v. Cockrell, 281 F.3d 212, 216 (5th Cir.2002).
Here, Plaintiff's one-sentence motion to reopen does not assert any of the bases for relief set forth in Rule 60(b)(1)-(5). It also does not allege, much less show, exceptional or extraordinary circumstances such that denial of any motion under Rule 60(b)(6) would be "so unwarranted as to constitute an abuse of discretion." See Vafaiyan v. City of Wichita Falls, 398 Fed.App'x 989, 990 (5th Cir. 2010); see also Figgs v. Clay, 64 Fed. App'x 417 (5th Cir. 2003) (affirming denial of Rule 60(b)(6) motion seeking to reinstate case that was voluntarily dismissed under Rule 41(a)(2)). The motion provides no basis for relief under Rule 60(b).
Plaintiff's motion to reopen this case should be