Opinion ID: 2743752
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Heading: Denial of Schumann’s Motion For

Text: Reconsideration As To BMS The Court reviews “a denial of a motion for reconsideration for abuse of discretion, but we review the District Court’s underlying legal determinations de novo and factual determinations for clear error.” Howard Hess Dental Labs. Inc. v. Dentsply Int’l, Inc., 602 F.3d 237, 246 (3d Cir. 2010). “The purpose of a motion for reconsideration ... is to 8 Because we find Schumann lacked the requisite knowledge to qualify as an original source of any of his claims, we need not decide whether he “voluntarily provided the information [underlying his claims] to the Government before filing” his claims. 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(B). 23 correct manifest errors of law or fact or to present newly discovered evidence.” Max’s Seafood Café v. Quinteros, 176 F.3d 669, 677 (3d Cir. 1999). “Accordingly, a judgment may be altered or amended if the party seeking reconsideration shows at least one of the following grounds: (1) an intervening change in the controlling law; (2) the availability of new evidence that was not available when the court granted the motion for summary judgment; or (3) the need to correct a clear error of law or fact or to prevent manifest injustice.” Id. (citation omitted). In support of his motion for reconsideration, Schumann submitted his twelve-page supplemental declaration in an attempt to plead the facts the District Court had found the CFAC lacked. The court followed Third Circuit precedent and declined to consider such “new” evidence, which Schumann could have submitted in opposition to BMS’s motion to dismiss. See id. The court therefore did not abuse its discretion in disregarding Schumann’s supplemental declaration. See Howard Hess Dental Labs., 602 F.3d at 251-52 (citing Harsco Corp. v. Zlotnicki, 779 F.2d 906, 909 (3d Cir. 1985)).9 And it did not abuse its discretion in denying Schumann’s reconsideration motion, which was not based on a change in law, newly available evidence, or manifest injustice. See Max’s Seafood Café, 176 F.3d at 677. 9 In any event, as discussed above, the District Court would have been correct in denying Schumann’s motion for reconsideration even if it had accepted the statements in Schumann’s supplemental declaration. 24