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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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 Section 1915(g) provides that “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . under this section if 1

the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or

appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state

a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SONNY RAY HARDAWAY,

Plaintiff,

v.

W. LEWIS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:07-cv-00792-OWW-SMS PC

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION, WITH PREJUDICE,

AND REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO PAY

FILING FEE IN FULL WITHIN FIFTEEN

DAYS OR THIS ACTION WILL BE

DISMISSED

(Doc. 5)

Plaintiff Sonny Ray Hardaway (“plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On June 25, 2007, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), the

Court issued an order finding plaintiff ineligible to proceed in forma pauperis and requiring plaintiff

to pay the $350.00 filing fee in full within thirty day. On August 1, 2007, plaintiff filed an 1

objection, which the Court construes to be a motion for reconsideration.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) governs the reconsideration of final orders of the

district court. The Rule permits a district court to relieve a party from a final order or judgment on

grounds of: “(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (3) fraud . . . of an adverse

party, . . . or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment.” Fed. R. Civ.

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P. 60(b). The motion for reconsideration must be made within a reasonable time, in any event “not

more than one year after the judgment, order, or proceeding was entered or taken.” Id.

Motions to reconsider are committed to the discretion of the trial court. Combs v. Nick Garin

Trucking, 825 F.2d 437, 441 (D.C.Cir. 1987); Rodgers v. Watt, 722 F.2d 456, 460 (9th Cir. 1983)

(en banc). To succeed, a party must set forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature to induce

the court to reverse its prior decision. See e.g., Kern-Tulare Water Dist. v. City of Bakersfield, 634

F.Supp. 656, 665 (E.D.Cal. 1986), aff’d in part and rev’d in part on other grounds, 828 F.2d 514 (9th

Cir. 1987), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1015, 108 S.Ct. 1752, 100 L.Ed.2d 214 (1988). The Ninth Circuit

has stated that “[c]lause 60(b)(6) is residual and ‘must be read as being exclusive of the preceding

clauses.’” LaFarge Conseils et Etudes, S.A. v. Kaiser Cement, 791 F.2d 1334, 1338 (9th Cir. 1986)

(quoting Corex Corp. v. United States, 638 F.2d 119 (9th Cir. 1981)). Accordingly, “the clause is

reserved for ‘extraordinary circumstances.’” Id. When filing a motion for reconsideration, Local

Rule 78-230(k) requires a party to show the “new or different facts or circumstances claimed to exist

which did not exist or were not shown upon such prior motion, or what other grounds exist for the

motion.”

 Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration sets forth no grounds entitling plaintiff to relief from

the Court’s order. Plaintiff’s claims arise from incidents which occurred at Kern Valley State Prison

in 2005. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff does not meet the imminent danger exception, and is not entitled to

proceed in forma pauperis in this action. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); Andrews v. King, No. 04-17459,

2007 WL 1932824, *4 (9th Cir. Jul. 5, 2007). Plaintiff has fifteen days to pay the filing fee in full

or this action will be dismissed.

It is HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is DENIED, with

prejudice, and plaintiff has fifteen (15) days from the date of service of this order within which to

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pay the filing fee in full in compliance with the Court’s order of June 25, 2007, or this action will

be dismissed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 3, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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