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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH LEE TAYLOR,

Plaintiff,

v.

KUERSTON, et al.,

Defendant.

No. 2: 19-cv-00450-TLN-KJN 

ORDER

Pursuant to the mailbox rule, on November 25, 2022, Plaintiff filed an Opposition to the 

November 7, 2022 Order (ECF No 152), directing Plaintiff to immediately return to Defense 

counsel all documents in his possession marked “Confidential—Attorneys’ Eyes Only” (ECF No. 

158 at 3–4). The Court construes Plaintiff’s Opposition as a request for reconsideration.1 

Pursuant to E.D. Local Rule 303(f), a magistrate judge’s orders shall be upheld unless 

“clearly erroneous or contrary to law.” Id. Upon review of the entire file, the Court finds that it 

does not appear that the magistrate judge’s ruling was clearly erroneous or contrary to law.

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1 Although Plaintiff’s request for reconsideration is untimely by one day, the Court 

considers the merits of Plaintiff’s request. See Local Rule 303(b) (“rulings by Magistrate Judges . 

. . shall be final if no reconsideration thereof is sought from the Court within fourteen days . . . 

from the date of service of the ruling on the parties.”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d) (an additional three 

days are added to this period when, as here, service of the Court’s order is made upon Plaintiff by 

mail).

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Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, upon reconsideration, the Order of the 

magistrate judge filed November 7, 2022 is AFFIRMED. 

DATED: January 2, 2023

Troy L. Nunley

United States District Judge

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