Hicks v. Evans

Filing 124

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 122 (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 11/30/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 MICHAEL J. HICKS, 10 11 12 No. C 08-1146 SI (pr) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION v. M. S. EVANS, warden, 13 Defendant. / 14 15 Plaintiff filed a request for reconsideration of the court's order granting summary 16 judgment for defendants. In support of that request, he also filed a request for judicial notice of 17 the reporter's transcript of a June 28, 2007 hearing in the Whitted action in Sacramento County 18 Superior Court. The request for judicial notice is GRANTED. (Docket # 123.) The Whitted 19 transcript does nothing to aid plaintiff's cause; indeed, it provides even more evidence that he 20 dug in his heels in his demand for a law library or "law computer" rather than attempt to make 21 use of the paging system that was available. As the court explained at pages 8-9 of the order 22 granting summary judgment for defendants, Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 350-51 (1996), 23 doesn't support insistence on a particular means to do legal research. 24 reconsideration is DENIED because he has not presented newly discovered evidence, showed 25 that the court committed clear error, or identified an intervening change in the law that affects 26 this case. See McDowell v. Calderon, 197 F.3d 1253, 1255 (9th Cir. 1999) (en banc). (Docket 27 # 122.) 28 The request for 1 2 3 4 5 At plaintiff's request, the court construed Docket # 120 to be a notice of appeal. All further motions must be filed in the Ninth Circuit. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 30, 2012 _______________________ SUSAN ILLSTON United States District Judge 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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