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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARIA DEL R.T. PADILLA,

NO. CIV. S-02-1708 FCD GGH (PS)

Plaintiff,

v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE LIBRARY

OF CONGRESS,

Defendant.

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This matter is before the court on plaintiff Maria Del R.T.

Padilla’s (“Padilla”) motion for reconsideration of the court’s

November 13, 2002 order dismissing plaintiff’s claim for failure

to file an amended complaint in accordance with the court’s

August 13, 2002 order. For the reasons set forth below,

plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED. 

Where the court’s ruling has resulted in a final judgment or

order, a motion for reconsideration may be based either on Rule

59(e) (motion to alter or amend judgment) or Rule 60(b) (motion 

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for relief from judgment) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah County v. ACandS,

Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262 (9th Cir. 1993). Because plaintiff’s

motion was filed more than ten days after dismissal of

plaintiff’s claims, the court will consider the instant motion

under Rule 60(b). See Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) (requiring that all

motions submitted pursuant to this rule be filed within ten days

of entry of judgment). Rule 60(b) provides in relevant part

that: 

On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court

may relieve a party ... from a final ... order ... for

the following reasons: (1) mistake, inadvertence,

surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered

evidence which by due diligence could not have been

discovered ... or (6) any other reason justifying

relief from the operation of the judgment.

 

Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 60(b). 

Plaintiff brings this motion for reconsideration pursuant to

Rule 60(b)(6) which provides for reconsideration for “any other

reason justifying relief from the operation of judgment.” Fed.

R. Civ. Proc. 60(b). A motion filed pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6)

must be brought “within a reasonable time.” Id.; see also In re

Pacific Far East Lines, Inc., 889 F.2d 242, 249 (9th Cir. 1989). 

“What constitutes a reasonable time depends on facts of each

case,” including consideration of whether the non-moving party

will be prejudiced by the delay and whether the moving party had

a good reason for not acting sooner. Id. In this case,

plaintiff has failed to proffer any reason for her failure to

bring this motion until over three years after the dismissal of

her claims. Therefore, the motion is dismissed as untimely.

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Further, even if the motion were timely, plaintiff has

failed to present a reason justifying reconsideration of the

court’s dismissal. Relief pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6) requires a

showing of “extraordinary circumstances.” Allmerica Financial

Life Ins. & Annuity Co. v. Llewellyn, 139 F.3d 664, 666 (9th Cir.

1997). Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration proffers no reason

for reconsideration of this court’s order. Further, it remains

unclear to the court how plaintiff’s claimed injury arising from

denials of extension of credit relates to named defendant United

State Copyright Office Library of Congress. 

Therefore, based on the foregoing analysis, plaintiff’s

motion for reconsideration of the court’s November 13, 2002 order

dismissing all claims is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 1, 2006

/s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

FRANK C. DAMRELL, Jr.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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