Opinion ID: 576706
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: BBCA's Motion to Reconsider

Text: 14 Alternatively, BBCA argues that the sixty-day period should run from February 1, 1991, when the court denied its motion to reconsider. BBCA's motion to reconsider, however, clearly was not a Rule 59 motion. First, a Rule 59 motion must be brought within ten days after entry of the judgment the moving party seeks to have changed. Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(b). BBCA did not file its motion to reconsider until December 26, more than ten days after the November 26 judgment. Second, all motions must state with particularity the grounds for relief sought. Fed.R.Civ.P. 7(b)(1); see also, e.g., Clipper Exxpress v. Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau, 690 F.2d 1240, 1248-49 (9th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1227, 103 S.Ct. 1234, 75 L.Ed.2d 468 (1983). BBCA's motion to reconsider did not address the merits of the motion--BBCA claimed that it would file a supporting memorandum, but never did. 5 For both these reasons, BBCA's motion to reconsider was not a Rule 59 motion and did not alter the time for filing a notice of appeal.