Butler v. New Horizons Computer Learning Centers-Great Lakes et al

Filing 66

ORDER denying plaintiff's 65 NOTICE OF EMERGENCY MOTION for reconsideration by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (RS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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AMELIA L. BUTLER,
) CASE NO. C16-1184RSM
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Plaintiff,
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) ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v.
) RECONSIDERATION
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NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER
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LEARNING CENTERS-GREAT LAKES, )
et al.,
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Defendants.
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THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Notice of Emergency Motion. Dkt.

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#65. Although filed as a Notice, Ms. Butler appears to be seeking the reconsideration of this Court’s

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Order revoking her In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) status on appeal. See id. and Dkt. #62. Accordingly,

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the Court construes Ms. Butler’s filing as a Motion for Reconsideration. 1
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“Motions for reconsideration are disfavored.” LCR 7(h). “The court will ordinarily deny

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such motions in the absence of a showing of manifest error in the prior ruling or a showing of

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new facts or legal authority which could not have been brought to its attention earlier with

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reasonable diligence.” LCR 7(h)(1). In this case, Ms. Butler presents no persuasive argument

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To the extent that Ms. Butler also makes a motion for an immediate investigation into two
Ninth Circuit clerks who allegedly improperly acted as appeals judges, the Court notes that there
appears to be no basis for such a motion, and this Court lacks any authority to direct such an
investigation in any event. See Dkt. #65. To the extent that Plaintiff is attempting to appeal a
Clerk’s Order issued by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals after this Court revoked her IFP
status, that motion must be filed with the Ninth Circuit. See Dkt. #65, Ex. 1.
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that this Court committed manifest error in its prior Order, nor any new facts or legal authority

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which could not have been brought to the Court’s attention earlier without reasonable diligence.

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For these reasons, her motion for reconsideration (Dkt. #65) is DENIED.

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DATED this 5th day of June, 2017.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER
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