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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 42:3613 Action for inj relief re deprivation of civil rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ADELA AVITIA, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. 17cv2440-LAB (JLB) 

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

RECONSIDERATION 

16 Three weeks ago, the Court dismissed Avitta's complaint with prejudice as frivolous 

17 and failing to state a claim. [Dkt. 7.] She filed a motion for reconsideration. Courts may grant 

18 a motion for reconsideration based on any reason that justifies relief. Fed. R. Civ. P. 

19 60(b)(6). But these motions are disfavored absent new evidence, a change in law, or clear 

20 error. And the Court requires parties to seek leave before filing for reconsideration. Standing 

21 Order§ 4. Avitta's motion is difficult to decipher, and the Court can't find any justification for 

22 relief. She says that the Court improperly dismissed the case "before any attorney was 

23 assigned" to her in violation of her constitutional rights. That's incorrect. A court may appoint 

24 counsel under exceptional circumstances, but otherwise, citizens aren't entitled to counsel 

25 in a civil case. Palmer v. Valdez, 560 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2009). The motion for 

26 reconsideration is DENIED. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: l - q - l ~ 

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS 

United States District Judge 

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