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Nature of Suit Code: 895
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act of 1974
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES KARIM MUHAMMAD,

Plaintiff,

v.

CARLOS A. PRIVAT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-03601-JD 

ORDER RE MOTION FOR 

RECONSIDERATION

Re: Dkt. No. 21

Pro se plaintiff Muhammad has asked the Court to reconsider the adoption of a report and 

recommendation by Magistrate Judge Laporte that his case be dismissed with prejudice. Dkt. No. 

21. Muhammad consented to the Magistrate Judge’s jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 5. The Court accepted

the recommendation and dismissed the action. Dkt. No. 17. Reconsideration is denied. 

The request fails to comply with the requirements of Civil Local Rule 7-9, which governs 

reconsideration motions and applies to Muhammad. Civ. L.R. 3-9(a) (“A person representing him 

or herself without an attorney is bound by the Federal Rules, as well as by all applicable local 

rules.”). Even if read generously in light of his pro se status, Muhammad’s request does not 

identify anything that might warrant reconsideration under Civil Local Rule 7-9(b), namely new or 

different facts or law, or a credible showing that the Court did not properly consider the prior 

arguments. 

Muhammad’s suggestion that the report and recommendation reflected racial prejudice 

against him is entirely without foundation. Not an iota of evidence supports his allegation of 

racial animus by a judge in this district. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 28, 2019

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES KARIM MUHAMMAD,

Plaintiff,

v.

CARLOS A. PRIVAT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 18-cv-03601-JD 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on August 29, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

James Karim Muhammad

P.O. Box 31764

Oakland, CA 94604 

Dated: August 29, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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