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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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1Mr. Troxell's claim was barred by the statute of limitations. 

Plaintiffs do not move for reconsideration of this part of the

Order.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD ASHKER and DANNY TROXELL,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. 05-03286 CW

ORDER DENYING

PLAINTIFFS'

MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO FILE MOTION

FOR

RECONSIDERATION

Plaintiffs Todd Ashker and Danny Troxell move for leave to

file a motion for reconsideration of the portion of the Court's

March 25, 2009 Order Granting, in Part, Defendants' Motion for

Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiffs' Cross-Motion For Summary

Judgment which denied Plaintiffs' due process claim arising from

the validation of Plaintiffs as members of the Aryan Brotherhood

prison gang.1 Defendants oppose the motion. The matter was taken

under submission and decided on the papers. Having considered all

the papers filed by the parties, the Court denies Plaintiffs'

motion.

Civil Local Rule 7-9(a) states as follows: "No party may

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notice a motion for reconsideration without first obtaining leave

of Court to file the motion." A request for leave to file a motion

for reconsideration may only be granted if the moving party shows: 

(1) That at the time of the motion for leave, a material

difference in fact or law exists from that which was presented

to the Court before entry of the interlocutory order for which

reconsideration is sought. The party also must show that in

the exercise of reasonable diligence the party applying for

reconsideration did not know such fact or law at the time of

the interlocutory order; or (2) The emergence of new material

facts or change of law occurring after the time of such order;

or (3) A manifest failure by the Court to consider material

facts or dispositive legal arguments which were presented to

the Court before such interlocutory order.

Civil L.R. 7-9(b).

No motion for leave to file a motion for reconsideration

may repeat any oral or written argument made by the

applying party in support of or in opposition to the

interlocutory order which the party now seeks to have

reconsidered.

Civil L.R. 7-9(c).

Plaintiffs argue that reconsideration is proper under Local

Rule 7-9(a)(2) because a new material fact has emerged which was

not available at the time the Court ruled on the motions for

summary judgment. Plaintiffs refer to the March 30, 2009 Findings

of Fact and Conclusions of Law issued after a bench trial by

another judge of this Court in Lira v. Cate, C 00-0905 SI, which

addressed that plaintiff's validation as a gang member. 

Contrary to Plaintiffs' argument, the findings of fact and

conclusions of law in another district court case do not constitute

new evidence in this case. Furthermore, the circumstances of the

plaintiff in Lira v. Cate are factually different from Mr. Ashker's

circumstances; Lira was not given the opportunity to meet with the

Institutional Gang Investigator (IGI) regarding his validation as a

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gang member, whereas Mr. Ashker refused to participate in

interviews with the IGI. Also, this Court has carefully reviewed

the evidence submitted in this case, including confidential

memoranda submitted under seal for the Court's in camera review,

and has found that it meets the "some evidence" standard supporting

Mr. Ashker's continued gang validation. In Lira, the Court found

that none of the evidence met the "some evidence" standard. 

In addition to proffering Lira as new evidence, Plaintiffs'

motion merely attempts to relitigate the arguments they made in

their cross-motion for summary judgment. This is not allowed

pursuant to Local Rule 7-9(c).

Therefore, Plaintiffs' request for leave to file a motion for

reconsideration (docket # 382) is denied. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 28, 2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ASHKER ET AL et al,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SCHWARZENEGGER ET AL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-03286 CW 

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 May 28, 2010, 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.

Danny Troxell B-76578

Pelican Bay State Prison

P.O. Box 7500, C-8-101

Crescent City, CA 95531

Todd Ashker C-58191

Pelican Bay State Prison

P.O. Box 7500, D1-119

Crescent City, CA 95531

Dated: May 28, 2010

Richard W. Winking, Clerk

By: Ronnie Hersler, Administrative Law Clerk

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