Mohamed v. Sessions et al

Filing 22

ORDER re 20 Letter to Request Permission to File Motion to Reconsider filed by Abdihakim Mohamed (Written Opinion). Signed by Senior Judge David S. Doty on 12/12/2017. (DLO)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Civil No. 17-5331(DSD/BRT)
Abdihakim Mohamed
Petitioner,
v.

ORDER

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III,
Attorney General; et al.
Respondents.

Kimberly K. Hunter, Esq., John R. Bruning, Esq. and Kim Hunter
Law, PLLC, 656 Selby Avenue, Suite 100, St. Paul, MN 55104,
counsel for petitioner.
Ann M. Bildtsen, United States Attorney’s Office, 300 South 4th
Street, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN 55415, counsel for
respondents.
This matter is before the court upon the request by petitioner
for permission to file a motion to reconsider the court’s December
5,

2017,

order

denying

restraining order.

petitioner’s

motion

for

a

temporary

See ECF No. 19.

Motions to reconsider require the express permission of the
court and will be granted only upon a showing of “compelling
circumstances.” D. Minn. LR 7.1(j). A motion to reconsider should
not be employed to relitigate old issues but rather to “afford an
opportunity for relief in extraordinary circumstances.”

Dale &

Selby Superette & Deli v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., 838 F. Supp. 1346,
1348 (D. Minn. 1993).
correctly

concluded

The court is fully satisfied that it

that

it

did

not

have

jurisdiction

over

petitioner’s claim, and finds that compelling circumstances do not
exist to grant the request.
Accordingly,

IT

IS

HEREBY

ORDERED

that

the

request

for

permission to file a motion to reconsider [ECF No. 20] is denied.

Dated: December 12, 2017
s/David S. Doty
David S. Doty, Judge
United States District Court