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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

KIRK DOUGLAS WILLIAMS, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

KEN CLARK, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:09-cv-2968 JAM CKD P 

ORDER 

 

 On December 9, 2015, the district court adopted findings and recommendations denying 

on the merits the petition in this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 action. (ECF No. 134.) Before the court is 

petitioner’s motion for reconsideration of the judgment. (ECF No. 136.) Petitioner asserts that 

the district court “committed clear error in . . . denying [his] request to further brief a motion for 

Certificate of Appealability” and “in declining to issue [a] Certificate of Appealability.” (Id. at 2-

3.) 

 A district court may reconsider a ruling under either Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) 

or 60(b). See Sch. Dist. Number. 1J, Multnomah County v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th 

Cir. 1993). “Reconsideration is appropriate if the district court (1) is presented with newly 

discovered evidence, (2) committed clear error or the initial decision was manifestly unjust, or (3) 

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if there is an intervening change in controlling law.” Id. at 1263. 

 Here, the court has reviewed petitioner’s motion and determined that none of these three 

conditions apply. 

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

(ECF No. 136) is denied. 

DATED: 2/18/2016 

 /s/ John A. Mendez________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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