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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Montez Lavell Wright, III,

Petitioner,

v. 

Attorney General of the State of Arizona, et 

al.,

Respondents.

No. CV-24-00260-PHX-KML

ORDER 

Petitioner Montez Lavell Wright, III, filed a motion to alter or amend the judgment 

denying him habeas relief. (Doc. 22.) Construing his motion as seeking reconsideration, it 

is denied.

A motion for reconsideration should not ask the court “to rethink what the court had 

already thought through—rightly or wrongly.” Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country 

Store Inc., 713 F. Supp. 3d 568, 576 (D. Ariz. 2024) (quotation marks and citation omitted).

Wright’s motion argues he was unable to respond to the report and recommendation 

(“R&R”) this court adopted, and that his procedural default in state court was excused

because appellate counsel was ineffective. (Doc. 22 at 1-2.) But Wright did file objections 

to the R&R raising the same claims of cause and prejudice—and more—that he re-urges 

now. (Doc. 17.) The court considered Wright’s objections and rejected them in its order 

adopting the R&R, noting he had not shown cause because his claim of ineffective 

assistance was not “substantial” and, independently, he had not shown prejudice. (Doc. 20 

at 2.) Wright’s motion offers no basis for revisiting those conclusions.

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Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED the Motion to Alter or Amend Judgment (Doc. 22) is DENIED.

Dated this 14th day of January, 2025.

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