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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID W. WILSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICHAEL C. SMITH, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:16-CV-1547-MCE-DMC-P

ORDER

Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration (ECF No. 25) of 

the court’s August 19, 2019, order (ECF No. 24) adopting the Magistrate Judge’s July 1, 2019, 

findings and recommendations (ECF No. 19). 

The court may grant reconsideration of a final judgment under Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure 59(e) and 60. Generally, a motion for reconsideration of a final judgment is 

appropriately brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). See Backlund v. Barnhart, 

778 F.2d 1386, 1388 (9th Cir. 1985) (discussing reconsideration of summary judgment); see also

Schroeder v. McDonald, 55 F.3d 454, 458-59 (9th Cir. 1995). 

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Under Rule 60(a), the court may grant reconsideration of final judgments and any order 

based on clerical mistakes. Relief under this rule can be granted on the court’s own motion and 

at any time. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(a). However, once an appeal has been filed and docketed, 

leave of the appellate court is required to correct clerical mistakes while the appeal is pending. 

See id. 

Under Rule 60(b), the court may grant reconsideration of a final judgment and any order 

based on: (1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered 

evidence which, with reasonable diligence, could not have been discovered within ten days of 

entry of judgment; and (3) fraud, misrepresentation, or misconduct of an opposing party. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1)-(3). A motion for reconsideration on any of these grounds must be 

brought within one year of entry of judgment or the order being challenged. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

60(c)(1). Under Rule 60(b), the court may also grant reconsideration if: (1) the judgment is void; 

(2) the judgement has been satisfied, released, or discharged, an earlier judgment has been 

reversed or vacated, or applying the judgment prospectively is no longer equitable; and (3) any 

other reason that justifies relief. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(4)-(6). A motion for reconsideration 

on any of these grounds must be brought “within a reasonable time.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(c)(1). 

In this case, the court’s August 19, 2019, order dismissed the California Medical Facility 

and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation as defendants to this action 

based on their immunity from suit under the Eleventh Amendment. Plaintiff has not 

demonstrated why reconsideration of this order should be granted under any of the rules 

discussed above. 

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

(ECF No. 25) is denied. 

Dated: February 4, 2020

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