Opinion ID: 1172230
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Reconsideration of order allowing late service

Text: Because the court initially granted the Sammises' ex parte motion for enlargement of time, the first issue to be decided is whether a district court can reconsider and vacate an interlocutory order, such as an order allowing late service of named defendants. This Court has held that I.R.C.P. 11(a)(2)(B) provides the authority for a district court to reconsider and vacate interlocutory orders so long as final judgment has not yet been entered. Farmers Nat'l Bank v. Shirey, 126 Idaho 63, 68, 878 P.2d 762, 767 (1994). See I.R.C.P. 11(a)(2)(B). In this case, then, the district court's reconsideration of its prior ruling was proper.