govinfo:USCOURTS-pawd-2_21-cv-00289-6

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 
WILLIAM F. KAETZ, 
 
 Plaintiff, 
 
 v. 
 
FREDA L. WOLFSON, 
et al., 
 
 Defendants. 
 
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2:21-CV-289 
 
 
 
ORDER 
 This pro se civil-rights case was referred to Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Dodge 
for proceedings in accordance with the Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1), and the 
Local Rules of Court applicable to Magistrate Judges. 
 On February 7, 2022, the Court dismissed Mr. Kaetz’s case with prejudice and 
Mr. Kaetz’s case was closed. ECF 30. On September 9, 2022, the Third Circuit 
affirmed this Court’s order. ECF 35. Three years after the conclusion of his case, Mr. 
Kaetz moved for the Court to set aside its prior order (ECF 30) and to reopen his case 
under Federal Rule s of Civil Procedure 60(b) (3) and 60(d)(3). ECF 37. The Court 
denied that motion. ECF 41. 
 Mr. Kaetz now claims that the Court’s latest order (ECF 41) establishes “a new 
and continuing fraud on the Court,” and moves for the Court to set aside its final 
judgment on that basis. ECF 42. Judge Dodge issued a Report and Recommendation 
concluding that the Court should deny Mr. Kaetz’s motion. ECF 45. After reviewing 
Mr. Kaetz’s objections (ECF 46) 
de novo, the Court adopts Judge Dodge’s R&R in full 
and denies Mr. Kaetz’s motion. The Court’s prior order does not establish fraud on 
the Court under Rule 60(d)(3). 
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AND NOW, this 2 nd day of June , 2026, it is hereby ORDERED that Judge 
Dodge’s R&R (ECF 45) is ADOPTED and Mr. Kaetz’s motion (ECF 42) is DENIED. 
 
 BY THE COURT: 
 
/s/ J. Nicholas Ranjan 
United States District Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cc: 
William Kaetz 
437 Abbott Rd 
Paramus, NJ 07652 

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