Colon v. Davis

Filing 80

ORDER denying 52 Plaintiffs Motion to Reconsider the Dismissal of Plaintiff Summary Judgement, by Judge William J. Martinez on 7/1/2013.(ervsl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge William J. Martínez
Civil Action No. 11-cv-01169-WJM-KMT
GUSTAVO COLÓN,
Plaintiff,
v.
DAVID BERKEBILE
Defendant.

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RECONSIDER

On September 18, 2012, the Court adopted Magistrate Judge Kathleen M.
Tafoya’s Recommendation that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment be denied.
(ECF No. 51.) On October 1, 2012, Plaintiff filed a “Motion to Reconsider the Dismissal
of Plaintiff Summary Judgement” (“Motion”). (ECF No. 52.) Plaintiff’s Motion re-raises
arguments made in his Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 34), his Reply to the
Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 39), and his Objection to the Magistrate
Judge’s Recommendation (ECF No. 50).
“Grounds warranting a motion to reconsider include (1) an intervening change in
the controlling law, (2) new evidence previously unavailable, and (3) the need to correct
clear error or prevent manifest injustice.” Servants of Paraclete v. Does, 204 F.3d 1005,
1012 (10th Cir. 2000). Plaintiff has failed to show that any of these bases apply here.
Instead, Plaintiff argues that the Court has not addressed the arguments he raised.
However, the Court has already ruled that summary judgment in Plaintiff’s favor is not

appropriate because Plaintiff failed to submit evidence showing that Defendant’s
Appointment Affidavit was not administered in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § 2903(b).
(ECF No. 51 at 5-6.) A motion to reconsider is “not available to allow a party merely to
reargue an issue previously addressed by the court when the reargument merely
advances new arguments or supporting facts which were available for presentation at
the time of the original argument.” Cashner v. Freedom Stores, Inc., 98 F.3d 572, 577
(10th Cir. 1996).
Accordingly, Plaintiff’s “Motion to Reconsider the Dismissal of Plaintiff Summary
Judgement” (ECF No. 52) is DENIED.
Dated this 1st day of July, 2013.
BY THE COURT:

William J. Martínez
United States District Judge

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