Adams v. Inslee et al

Filing 14

ORDER denying Plaintiff's 13 MOTION for Reconsideration. Signed by District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright.**2 PAGE(S), PRINT ALL**(Ryan Adams, Prisoner ID: 415205)(CJS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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RYAN SCOTT ADAMS,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION

JAY INSLEE; ROBERT FERGUSON;
JENNIFER RHEAUME,
Defendant.

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Case No. 3:24-cv-05417

Before the Court are Plaintiff Ryan Scott Adams’s objections to the Court’s order
adopting the Magistrate Judge’s report and recommendation and dismissing Mr. Adams’s case.
Dkt. 13; see Dkt. 11. The Court has construed Mr. Adams’s objections as a motion for
reconsideration.
Motions for reconsideration are disfavored and will ordinarily be denied unless they show
“manifest error in the prior ruling or a showing of new facts or legal authority which could not
have been brought to [the Court’s] attention earlier with reasonable diligence.” W.D. Wash.
Local Civil Rule 7(h). Mr. Adams explains in his motion why he believes that his criminal
defense lawyer’s selection as a judge by Governor Jay Inslee during the pendency of his criminal
case impacted his right to a fair trial. See Dkt. 13 at 1–2. The Court understands the basis for

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Mr. Adams’s allegations, which may be better directed at post-conviction motions in his

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underlying criminal case or claims against his prior attorney. But Mr. Adams has not shown

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manifest error in the Court’s prior ruling, or any reason that the legal analysis contained in the

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report and recommendation, which the Court adopted, was in error. The Court therefore DENIES

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the motion for reconsideration.

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The Clerk is directed to send uncertified copies of this Order to all counsel of record and
to any party appearing pro se at said party’s last known address.
Dated this 30th day of August, 2024.

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Tiffany M. Cartwright
United States District Judge

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