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FindACase | Thomas v. Abercrombie and Fitch Co.
Thomas v. Abercrombie and Fitch Co.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., et al., Defendants.
In response to defendants Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.'s motion for summary judgment on her Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) claim, plaintiff Melissa N. Thomas attempted to use unauthenticated business records from her cellular service provider, AT&T, to show that she did not send a text message authorizing future text messages from defendants. Defendants objected to the admissibility of these records both in their motion for summary judgment and in their reply to the plaintiff's response. At oral argument, the Court engaged in a substantial exchange with plaintiff's counsel inquiring how the records could be admitted.
Plaintiff has filed her motion as one for reconsideration under E.D. Mich. Local R. 7.1(h), one to alter or amend the judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e), and one for relief under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(1) and (6). Plaintiff's motion is untimely under Local Rule 7.1(h)(1), which requires that motions for reconsideration be filed within fourteen days after entry of the judgment or order. The motion was timely filed under Rules 59 and 60.
“A motion under Rule 59(e) is not an opportunity to re-argue a case.” Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Engler, 146 F.3d 367, 374 (6th Cir. 1998). “Parties should not use them to raise arguments which could, and should, have been made before judgment issued. Motions under Rule 59(e) must either clearly establish a manifest error of law or must present newly discovered evidence.” Id. (citing FDIC v. World Univ. Inc., 978 F.2d 10, 16 (1st Cir. 1992)).
Rule 60(b)(1) provides relief in one of two instances: “(1) when the party has made an excusable litigation mistake or an attorney in the litigation has acted without authority; or (2) when the judge has made a substantive mistake of law or fact in the final judgment or order.” Cacevic v. City of Hazel Park, 226 F.3d 483, 490 (6th Cir. 2000). Rule 60(b)(6) permits relief from a judgment or order for “any other reason that justifies relief” not already set forth in subsections (1)-(5) of Rule 60. It may be applied only in “unusual and extreme situations where principles of equity mandate relief.” Olle v. Henry & Wright Corp., 910 F.2d 357, 365 (6th Cir. 1990) (emphasis in original).
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(c)(2) states that “[a] party may object that the material cited to support or dispute a fact cannot be presented in a form that would be admissible in evidence.” “[O]nce an objection is properly made, the proponent must ‘show that the material is admissible as presented or . . . explain the admissible form that is anticipated.'” Mangum v. Repp, 674 Fed.Appx. 531, 536-37 (6th Cir. 2017) (citing Fed R. Civ. P. 56(c) advisory committee's note to 2010 amendment).
The cell phone billing records plaintiff provided in response to defendants' motion to dismiss (Dkt. 27) were not referenced in her response to defendants' motion for summary judgment. The Court has no duty to scour the record to find factual support for a party's claims. Magnum Towing & Recovery v. City of Toledo, 287 Fed.Appx. 442, 449 (6th Cir. 2008) (“It is not the district court's . . . duty to search through the record to develop a party's claims; the litigant must direct the court to evidence in support of its arguments before the court.”) Further, it is not the Court's duty to search through the record attached to a different filing altogether.

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