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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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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LOUIS RICHARD FRESQUEZ,

Plaintiff,

vs.

MOEROYK, 

Defendant. 

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1:04-cv-05123-AWI-LJO-P

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION

(Document #21)

Plaintiff, Louis Richard Fresquez (“Plaintiff”), is state prisoner who filed a civil action

concerning actions taken at a prison disciplinary hearing. On November 16, 2005, the Magistrate

Judge filed Findings and Recommendations that recommended the complaint be dismissed as a

civil rights complaint because Plaintiff had not shown that his disciplinary hearing’s findings had

been overturned on habeas corpus. Plaintiff objected to these Findings and Recommendations

and contended that this action was brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)

and the Magistrate Judge erred by construing the action as a civil rights action. On May 30,

2006, the court adopted the Findings and Recommendations and dismissed the complaint. The

court found that even if the action was brought under the ADA, Plaintiff was still required to

invalidate the disciplinary hearing through habeas corpus prior to filing under the ADA. 

On June 29, 2006, Plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration. Plaintiff again contends

the court erred in construing this action as being brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff

argues the court cannot apply civil rights standards to an ADA case.

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The court has discretion to reconsider and vacate a prior order. Barber v. Hawaii, 42 F.3d

1185, 1198 (9 Cir.1994); United States v. Nutri-cology, Inc., 982 F.2d 394, 396 (9 Cir.1992). th th

Motions for reconsideration are disfavored. Northwest Acceptance Corp. v. Lynnwood Equip.,

Inc., 841 F.2d 918, 925-26 (9 Cir.1988). A motion for reconsideration is not to be used to ask th

the court to rethink what it has already thought. United States v. Rezzonico, 32 F.Supp.2d 1112,

1116 (D.Ariz.1998). “A party seeking reconsideration must show more than a disagreement with

the Court's decision, and recapitulation of the cases and arguments considered by the court before

rendering its original decision fails to carry the moving party's burden.” U.S. v. Westlands

Water Dist., 134 F.Supp.2d 1111, 1131 (E.D. Cal. 2001). Motions to reconsider are committed

to the discretion of the trial court. Combs v. Nick Garin Trucking, 825 F.2d 437, 441 (D.C.Cir.

1987); Rodgers v. Watt, 722 F.2d 456, 460 (9 Cir. 1983) (en banc). To succeed, a party must

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set forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature to induce the court to reverse its prior

decision. See, e.g., Kern-Tulare Water Dist. v. City of Bakersfield, 634 F.Supp. 656, 665

(E.D.Cal. 1986), aff’d in part and rev’d in part on other grounds, 828 F.2d 514 (9 Cir. 1987). th

Here, Plaintiff has provided no new facts or law that would allow the court to reverse the

dismissal of this action. Plaintiff has simply made an argument already received and rejected by

the court. If a claim under the ADA, see 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 12131 to 12165, challenges the validity

or duration of confinement, a prisoner's sole federal remedy is a writ of habeas corpus. 

Bogovich v. Sandoval, 189 F.3d 999 (9 Cir. 1999). Thus, this action is barred until such time th

has the prison disciplinary hearing has been invalidated in a habeas corpus proceedings.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is

DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 17, 2006 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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