Case Name: James HOOD, Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Governor George Ervin (Sonny) PER-DUE, Attorney General Thurbert Baker, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-11-18
Citations: 300 F. App'x 699
Docket Number: No. 08-13880
Parties: James HOOD, Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Governor George Ervin (Sonny) PERDUE, Attorney General Thurbert Baker, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 300
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
James HOOD, Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Governor George Ervin (Sonny) PERDUE, Attorney General Thurbert Baker, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 08-13880
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Nov. 18, 2008.
Gerald R. Weber, Atlanta, GA, Frank L. Derrickson, Decatur, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Michelle J. Hirsch, State of Georgia, Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before BLACK, PRYOR, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Dr. James Hood and Metro Atlanta Taskforce for the Homeless appeal the denial of their post-judgment motion to amend their complaint, filed pursuant to Rule 59. The district court denied the motion, holding that plaintiffs had not presented any newly discovered evidence, nor established any intervening development or change in the controlling law, or need to correct a clear error or manifest injustice, as required by Preserve Endangered Areas of Cobb's History, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Eng'rs, 916 F.Supp. 1557, 1560 (N.D.Ga.1995). The district court noted that in the absence of a showing of any of the above, a motion for reconsideration "is not an opportunity for the moving party . to instruct the court on how the court 'could have done it better' the first time." Id. Because we find no abuse of discretion in the district court's conclusion, we
AFFIRM.
. To the extent that the plaintiffs' motion could be construed to argue that the dismissal of their complaint without leave to amend was a miscarriage of justice, the district court noted that requesting leave to amend in a footnote in their brief in opposition to dismissal, without specifying the substance of the amendment nor attaching a copy of the amended complaint does not satisfy the law of this circuit. See United States ex rel. Atkins v. McInteer, 470 F.3d 1350, 1361-62 (11th Cir. 2006).