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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL MANRIQUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

HUCHINS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00456-LJO-BAM PC

ORDER DENYINGPLAINTIFF’S MOTIONFOR

RECONSIDERATION

(ECF No. 137)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RELIEF FROM ORDER DENYING

DISCLOSURE OF VIDEOS (ECF No. 226, 231)

Plaintiff Daniel Manriquez (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma

pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action was filed on March 11,

2009, and has involved extensive discovery disputes. On July 27, 2011, the Magistrate Judge issued

an order denying Plaintiff’s motion for sanctions; granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff’s first

motion to compel; denying Plaintiff’s second, third, and fourth motions to compel; denying

Plaintiff’s fifth motion to compel and motion for sanctions and granting Plaintiff’s motion for costs;

denying Plaintiff’s motion for a judicial finding that the questions propounded to Defendant Munoz

and Clausing be deemed admitted; denying Plaintiff’s motion for a determination of the sufficiency

of Defendant Hackers’ objections to the request fo admissions and granting Plaintiff’s request for

costs; and denying Defendants Clausing, Daely, Hacker, Huchins, Munoz, Omos, Paz, Perez,

Reynoso, and Robertson’s motion for a protective order. (ECF No. 131.) On August 18, 2011,

Plaintiff filed an objection to the order and motion for partial reconsideration. (ECF No. 137.) 

Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on October 19, 2011. (ECF No. 149.) The Court

screened the complaint and Plaintiff was ordered to either file an amended complaint or notify the

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Court that he wished to proceed on the claims found to be cognizable. (ECF No. 152.) This action

is now proceeding on the second amended complaint filed November 11, 2011, against Defendants

Munoz, Clausing, and Omos for excessive force in pepper spraying Plaintiff in violation of the

Eighth Amendment; Defendants Hutchins, Reynoso, Hacker, and Roberson for ordering that

Plaintiff’s property be removed from his cell and that Plaintiff be placed back into a contaminated

cell without means to decontaminate from the pepper spray; and Defendants Morse and Paz for

placing Plaintiff in the contaminated cell. (ECF No. 180.) 

On January 13, 2011, Plaintiff’s sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth motions to compel; motion

for to determine the sufficiency of Defendants Reynoso and Munoz’ objections to requests for

admissions were denied; and the parties were ordered to file a statement of discovery needed. (ECF

181.) In the order the parties were advised that, since the scope of this action has been narrowed,

the prior discovery orders were moot and the parties were to file a statement of discovery needed. 

Plaintiff’s motion seeking reconsideration of the prior discovery order shall be denied as moot. 

On July 31, 2012, Plaintiff filed a motion under Rule 60(b)(6) requesting relieffrom the July

27, 2011, order denying his motion to compel the production of the video of the cell extractions of

all inmates on the date he was extracted from his cell. Plaintiff requests that Defendants be ordered

to produce the videos due to their “fraud on the court, and . . . material misrepresentations” in their

documents opposing Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 226.) Defendants filed

an opposition to the motion on August 21, 2012. (ECF No. 231.)

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) allows the Court to relieve a party from an order

for any reason that justifies relief. Rule 60(b)(6) “is to be used sparingly as an equitable remedy to

prevent manifest injustice and is to be utilized only where extraordinary circumstances . . .” exist. 

Harvest v. Castro, 531 F.3d 737, 749 (9th Cir. 2008) (internal quotations marks and citation

omitted). The moving party “must demonstrate both injury and circumstances beyond his control

. . . .” Id. (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Further, Local Rule 230(j) requires, in

relevant part, that Plaintiff show “what new or different facts or circumstances are claimed to exist

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

motion,” and “why the facts or circumstances were not shown at the time of the prior motion.” 

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“A motion for reconsideration should not be granted, absent highly unusual circumstances,

unless the district court is presented with newly discovered evidence, committed clear error, or if

there is an intervening change in the controlling law,” and it “may not be used to raise arguments or

present evidence for the first time when they could reasonably have been raised earlier in the

litigation.” Marlyn Nutraceuticals, Inc. v. Mucos Pharma GmbH & Co., 571 F.3d 873, 880 (9th Cir.

2009) (internal quotations marks and citations omitted) (emphasis in original).

Plaintiff’s allegations that Defendants are perpetuating a fraud upon the court, even if true,

do not present new or different facts or circumstances that relate to the relevancy of the video at

issue. This action is proceeding on the claims that excessive force was used in pepper spraying 1

Plaintiff during his cell extraction and he was placed back in the contaminated cell without a means

to contaminate himself following the incident. The cell extractions of other inmates are not relevant

and Plaintiff’s motion to be relieved from the order denying disclosure of the videos is denied.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff’s motion for partial reconsideration, filed August 18, 2011, is DENIED as

moot; and

2. Plaintiff’s motion for relief from order denying disclosure of videos, filed July 31,

2012, is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 29, 2012 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Although Defendants claim that the Court denied production of the video based upon the privacy concerns

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of the other inmates, the denial was based upon the relevancy of the videos.

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