Opinion ID: 203211
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Text: We review a district court's decision to grant or deny a motion for reconsideration under Rules 59(e) and 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for manifest abuse of discretion. See Kansky v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New England, 492 F.3d 54, 60 (1st Cir.2007); DiMaio Family Pizza & Luncheonette, Inc. v. Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co., 448 F.3d 460, 462 (1st Cir.2006). This is the case because the district court has substantial discretion and broad authority to grant or deny such a motion. United States v. 5 Bell Rock Rd., 896 F.2d 605, 611 (1st Cir. 1990). A court appropriately may grant a motion for reconsideration where the movant shows a manifest error of law or newly discovered evidence. Kansky, 492 F.3d at 60. Likewise, a motion for reconsideration should be granted if the court has patently misunderstood a party . . . or has made an error not of reasoning but apprehension. Sandoval Diaz v. Sandoval Orozco, No. 01-1022, 2005 WL 1501672, at  (D.P.R. June 24, 2005) (quoting Bank of Waunakee v. Rochester Cheese Sales, Inc., 906 F.2d 1185, 1191 (7th Cir.1990)). [6] We review the district court's entry of summary judgment de novo. Desrosiers v. Hartford Life & Accident Co., 515 F.3d 87, 92 (1st Cir.2008). Summary judgment is proper where there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). As was the case in the District Court, we must take the facts of record in the light most flattering to the nonmovant (here, Ruiz Rivera) and draw all reasonable inferences in her favor. See Iverson v. City of Boston, 452 F.3d 94, 98 (1st Cir.2006); Dávila v. Corporación De Puerto Rico Para La Difusión Público, 498 F.3d 9, 12 (1st Cir.2007). Once the moving party avers the absence of genuine issues of material fact, the nonmovant must show that a factual dispute does exist. Velázquez-Fernández v. NCE Foods, Inc., 476 F.3d 6, 10 (1st Cir.2007). Summary judgment cannot be defeated, however, by relying on improbable inferences, conclusory allegations, or rank speculation. Id.