Calloway v. Veal et al

Filing 111

ORDER Denying 108 Motion for Reconsideration of Court's Order of August 5, 2013, signed by Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin on 09/15/2013. (Flores, E)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAMISI JERMAINE CALLOWAY, 12 Plaintiff, 13 14 1:08-cv-01896-LJO-GSA-PC ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF COURT’S ORDER OF AUGUST 5, 2013 (Doc. 108.) vs. DR. WANG, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. BACKGROUND 18 Jamisi Jermaine Calloway ("Plaintiff") is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 19 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. ' 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this 20 action on December 10, 2008. (Doc. 1.) This action now proceeds on the Third Amended 21 Complaint, filed by Plaintiff on October 5, 2009, against defendants Correctional Officers 22 (C/O) Oaks and Hayward (“Defendants”), for use of excessive force.1 (Doc. 20.) 23 On August 5, 2013, the court issued an order denying Plaintiff’s motion for the court to 24 schedule a settlement conference and trial in this action. (Doc. 97.) On September 5, 2013, 25 Plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration of the court’s order. (Doc. 108.) 26 27 28 1 On March 17, 2011, the court dismissed all of the defendants from this action except defendants Dr. Wang, C/O Oaks, and C/O Hayward, based on violation of Rule 18(a) and Plaintiff’s failure to state a claim. (Doc. 24.) On April 22, 2013, summary judgment was entered in favor of defendant Dr. Wang. (Doc. 85.) 1 1 II. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 2 The Court has discretion to reconsider and vacate a prior order. Barber v. Hawaii, 42 3 F.3d 1185, 1198 (9th Cir. 1994); United States v. Nutri-cology, Inc., 982 F.2d 394, 396 (9th 4 Cir. 1992). Motions to reconsider are committed to the discretion of the trial court. Combs v. 5 Nick Garin Trucking, 825 F.2d 437, 441 (D.C. Cir. 1987); Rodgers v. Watt, 722 F.2d 456, 460 6 (9th Cir. 1983) (en banc). To succeed, a party must set forth facts or law of a strongly 7 convincing nature to induce the court to reverse its prior decision. See Kern-Tulare Water Dist. 8 v. City of Bakersfield, 634 F.Supp. 656, 665 (E.D. Cal. 1986), affirmed in part and reversed in 9 part on other grounds, 828 F.2d 514 (9th Cir. 1987). When filing a motion for reconsideration, 10 Local Rule 230(j) requires a party to show the Anew or different facts or circumstances claimed 11 to exist which did not exist or were not shown upon such prior motion, or what other grounds 12 exist for the motion.@ L.R. 230(j). 13 Plaintiff has not set forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature to induce the court 14 to reverse its prior decision. Therefore, the motion for reconsideration shall be denied. 15 III. 16 17 CONCLUSION Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s order of August 5, 2013, is DENIED. 18 19 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 22 23 24 September 15, 2013 /s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END: 6i0kij8d 25 26 27 28 2

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