Kemp v. United States

Kemp v. United States
Kemp v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 2022
Full case name	Kemp v. United States
Docket no.	21-5726
Citations	596 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
	The term "mistake" in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) includes a judge’s errors of law; because Dexter Kemp’s motion alleged such an error, it was cognizable under Rule 60(b)(1) and untimely under Rule 60(c)’s one-year limitations period.
Court membership
	Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer; Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor; Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch; Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Laws applied
	Fed. R. Civ. P. 60

Kemp v. United States, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the term "mistake" in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) includes a judge's errors of law; because Dexter Kemp's motion alleged such an error, it was cognizable under Rule 60(b)(1) and untimely under Rule 60(c)’s one-year limitations period.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Kemp v. United States, No. 21-5726, 596 U.S. ___ (2022).
^ "Procedural rule for correcting "mistakes" applies to all mistakes, legal or factual". SCOTUSblog. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2024-10-31.

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[case-1] Kemp v. United States, No. 21-5726, 596 U.S. ___ (2022).

[2] "Procedural rule for correcting "mistakes" applies to all mistakes, legal or factual". SCOTUSblog. 2022-06-14. Retrieved 2024-10-31.

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