The following excerpt is from Watts-Devine v. United States, No. 14-3507 (2nd Cir. 2015):
1. An appeal from a denial of a Rule 60(b) motion does not trigger review of the "underlying judgment," which is the Rule 41(b) dismissal in this case. See Browder v. Dir., Dep't of Corr. of Illinois, 434 U.S. 257, 263 n. 7 (1978).
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