Carr v. State of Washington

Filing 42

ORDER denying Petitioner's 36 Motion for Reconsideration and denying as moot Petitioner's 39 Motion requesting response. The Court will not accept any further filings in this closed case. Signed by Judge Richard A. Jones. **3 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Peter Carr, Prisoner ID: 357101) (TH)

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HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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PETER JAMES CARR,

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Petitioner,

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v.

Case No. C17-1326 RAJ
ORDER

RONALD HAYNES,

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Respondent.

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This matter comes before the Court on Petitioner’s “Motion for Reconsideration of

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the Order Denying Petitioner’s Motions (Dkt. # 32, 33) and Declining to Order a

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Certificate of Appealability (Dkt. # 34) Signed by the Honorable Richard A. Jones,”

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(“Motion for Reconsideration”), and Petitioner’s “Motion Requesting That the Court

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Respond to, in a Timely Manner, the Motion for Reconsideration” (“Motion Requesting

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Response”). Dkt. ## 36, 39. For the following reasons, the Court DENIES both

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motions.

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Petitioner Peter James Carr (“Carr” or “Petitioner”) initially filed his Petition for a

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Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. ## 1, 6, 9. The Court referred

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the petition to Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler. After reviewing the record, the

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Court adopted Judge Theiler’s Report and Recommendation denying Petitioner Carr’s §

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2254 petition, dismissed it with prejudice, and declined to issue a certificate of

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appealability. Dkt. # 30. The Clerk entered judgment and closed the case. Dkt. # 31.

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ORDER – 1

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Petitioner then moved for reconsideration and to issue a certificate of

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appealability. Dkt. ## 32, 33, 34. The Court denied Petitioner’s motions and declined,

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again, to issue a certificate of appealability. Dkt. # 35. Petitioner then filed the present

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Motion for Reconsideration to request reconsideration of the Court’s Order denying

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Petitioner’s first motion for reconsideration. Dkt. # 36. Petitioner also appealed this

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Court’s Order adopting Judge Theiler’s R&R, but this appeal was dismissed in December

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2018 due to failure to prosecute. Dkt. ## 37, 40. Petitioner also filed a Motion

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Requesting Response that the Court respond to Petitioner’s second Motion for

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Reconsideration. Dkt. # 39.

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The standard the Court applies is the same as it was for Petitioner’s previous

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motion for reconsideration. Motions for reconsideration are disfavored and will be

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granted only upon a “showing of manifest error in the prior ruling” or “new facts or legal

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authority which could not have been brought to [the court’s] attention earlier with

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reasonable diligence.” Local Rule W.D. Wash. 7(h)(1).

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Petitioner’s new Motion for Reconsideration, which contains no new evidence,

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again restates the same grounds already considered and rejected. Dkt. # 36. As the Court

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observed in its previous Order, Petitioner again relies most strongly on his “alibi” and

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insufficiency of the evidence defenses that were already fully briefed in earlier filings,

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and fully addressed by Judge Theiler in her Report and Recommendation. See Dkt. # 35.

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Petitioner has presented nothing to the Court that suffices to show error, or any other

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reason to revisit its previous determinations. The Court will not entertain any further

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attempts to change the Court’s rulings via repetitive motions for reconsideration, given

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that this case has been closed for some time and Petitioner has consistently failed to

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identify any proper basis for relief.

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Accordingly, the Court DENIES Petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration (Dkt. #

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36) and DENIES AS MOOT Petitioner’s Motion Requesting Response (Dkt. # 39). The

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Court will not accept any further filings in this closed case.

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DATED this 11th day of March, 2019.

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The Honorable Richard A. Jones
United States District Judge

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ORDER – 3