Ottah v. BMW et al

Filing 188

ORDER: denying #187 Motion for Reconsideration. The motion is therefore Denied. This order resolves docket entry number 187. And as set forth herein. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Laura Taylor Swain on 11/15/2019) Copies Mailed By Chambers. (ama)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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OTTAH,
No. 15 CV 2465-LTS
Plaintiff,
-against-

ORDER

BMW et al.,
Defendants.
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The Court has received and reviewed Plaintiff’s “Motion to Reopen Case.” (Docket
Entry No. 187.) This case was dismissed on February 1, 2017, upon the Court’s Memorandum
Opinion and Order (Docket Entry No. 178), and the dismissal was affirmed by the Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit on March 7, 2018. (Docket Entry No. 185.) The only basis
proffered for the motion is Plaintiff’s assertion that a member of the Clerk’s office of the Supreme
Court of the United States advised Plaintiff to “restate” the case in this Court after informing
Plaintiff that his attempt to file a petition for certiorari was untimely. Such alleged advice provides
no proper ground for reopening this case, and the instant motion to reopen the case presents no
grounds upon which relief from the judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)
could be granted. The motion is therefore denied.
This order resolves docket entry number 187.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: New York, New York
November 15, 2019
/s/ Laura Taylor Swain
LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN
United States District Judge
Copy Mailed To:

Chikezie Ottah
170 South Portland Ave. Apt 14F
Brooklyn, NY 11217

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