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Nature of Suit Code: 445
Nature of Suit: Americans with Disabilities Act - Employment
Cause of Action: 29:633 Job Discrimination (Age)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TATYANA EVGENIEVNA 

DREVALEVA,

Plaintiff,

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, United States Secretary 

of Veteran’s Affairs,

Defendant.

No. C 19-02665 WHA 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

VACATE, MOTION TO DEPUBLISH, 

& AFFIDAVIT OF BIAS & 

PREJUDICE

Pro se plaintiff Tatyana Drevaleva has filed several employment suits against various 

Veterans Affairs offices and officers for her termination based on her going absent without 

leave and for their refusal to hire her back. In this round, Ms. Drevaleva’s suit was previously 

dismissed for failure to state a claim and for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction (Dkt. No. 38). 

Ms. Drevaleva now objects, filing: (1) a Rule 60 motion for relief from judgment; (2) a motion 

to de-publish the prior order; and (3) an affidavit of bias and prejudice. For the following 

reasons, all relief is DENIED.

First, Ms. Drevaleva does not satisfy her burden under Rule 60. A Rule 60(a) motion for 

relief from judgment is for correction of clerical mistakes in an order. Ms. Drevaleva alleges no 

such errors in her motion. A Rule 60(b) motion permits relief from a judgment, where 

“appropriate to accomplish justice,” in cases such as a party’s excusable neglect, opposing 

party’s misconduct, discovery of new evidence, lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, or other 

“extraordinary circumstances.” See Henson v. Fidelity Nat’l Fin., Inc., 943 F.3d 434, 443 (9th 

Cir. 2019). 

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Ms. Drevaleva’s motion (Dkt. No. 44) is a rehash disagreement with the dismissal order 

(Dkt. No. 38). Her supplemental briefs (Dkt. Nos. 48, 50, and 52) articulate similar 

disagreements of law, raise new claims, and re-litigates issues already addressed in the 

dismissal order. She fails to point to specific errors of law, new material facts, misconduct, or 

extraordinary circumstances warranting relief. Rule 60 permits district judges to realize and 

repair a glaring error without troubling the court of appeals. This is no such instance. 

Second, Ms. Drevaleva’s request (Dkt. No. 45) does not show cause for “de-publication”

of the prior order (Dkt. No. 38). There is a strong public policy in favor of openness in our 

court system and the public is entitled to know to whom we are providing relief (or not). See 

Kamakana v. City & Cty. of Honolulu, 447 F.3d 1172, 1180 (9th Cir. 2006). The order will 

remain public. 

Third, the undersigned has carefully considered Ms. Drevaleva’s affidavit of bias and 

prejudice (Dkt. No. 46) and realizes Ms. Drevaleva’s vigorous disagreement with prior rulings. 

But, as with prior affidavits to disqualify (see, e.g., No. C 19-03748 WHA, Dkt. No. 102), the 

undersigned remains determined to give Ms. Drevaleva fair hearings and proceedings (see id., 

Dkt. No. 129). All rulings against Ms. Drevaleva hew to the merits, not to any bias. Indeed, 

other judges of our District, taking Ms. Drevaleva’s affidavits of bias on referral, have found no 

bias or impropriety (id., Dkt. No. 138). There will be no further referrals on grounds of bias. 

The undersigned assures Ms. Drevaleva she will continue to be heard fairly, impartially, and in 

accord with the law. 

Ms. Drevaleva’s motions for relief under Rule 60, to de-publish, and to disqualify are 

DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2020.

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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