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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENJAMIN ELLIS, No. CIV S-04-1483-LKK-CMK-P

Plaintiff, 

vs. ORDER

ALBONICO, et al.,

Defendants.

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Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is a motion for reconsideration of the magistrate

judge’s January 10, 2006, order denying appointment of counsel.

Pursuant to Eastern District of California Local Rule 72-303(b), “rulings by

Magistrate Judges shall be final if no reconsideration thereof is sought from the Court within ten

court days . . . from the date of service of the ruling on the parties.” Here, the motion for

reconsideration of the magistrate judge’s order was filed on April 19, 2006, which is more than

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1 Pursuant to Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), for pro se prisoner litigants

seeking reconsideration, the court has calculated the 10-day period from the date the motion was

delivered to prison authorities for mailing to the court. Otherwise, the 10-day period has been

calculated based on the date the motion for reconsideration was actually filed. 

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10 days from the date of service of the magistrate judge’s order.1

 The motion is, therefore,

untimely.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is

denied as untimely.

DATED: July 17, 2006.

 

Lawrence K. Karlton

Senior Judge

U.S. District Court

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