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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1983 Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PRECIOUS OKEREKE,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 11-CV-2781-LAB-WMC

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

vs. ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT

JUDGE RAYMOND BRASSARD,

Defendant.

The Court dismissed Okereke’s complaint on February 14, 2012 pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), finding that it was both unintelligible and failed to state a claim upon

which relief can be granted. Okereke subsequently filed a motion to alter or amend the

judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). 

The motion has the same problems as Okereke’s complaint. It is heavy on rhetoric

and prose but utterly lacking in substance and coherence. Under Rule 59(e), a district court

may only alter or amend a judgment if: (1) it is presented with newly discovered evidence;

(2) it committed clear error or made an initial decision that was manifestly unjust; or (3) there

has been an intervening change in controlling law. United Nat. Ins. Co. v. Spectrum

Worldwide, Inc., 555 F.3d 772, 780 (9th Cir. 2009). Okereke has not shown that any of

these conditions are met here. Instead, the most that can be said of Okereke’s motion is

that it is legible, and anyway, there is no argument available to Okereke that can overcome

the immunity to which Judge Brassard is entitled.

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The Court would also note that the notice page of Okereke’s motion is signed by

Chukwuma E Azubuko, not Okereke. Azubuko is a serial pro se litigant in this Court whose

cases have consistently been dismissed for failure to state a claim. The motion to alter or

amend the judgment is DENIED. 

DATED: March 26, 2012

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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