Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-08-12 00:01:52+00
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FILED
                             NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            AUG 11 2011

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

REGINALD McDONALD,                               No. 10-16465

               Plaintiff - Appellant,            D.C. No. 2:09-cv-00438-PMP-RJJ

  v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM *
JEREMY BEAN; et al.,

               Defendants - Appellees.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Nevada
                      Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted August 2, 2011 **

Before:        RYMER, IKUTA, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

       Reginald McDonald, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district

court’s order denying his motion to reconsider the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C.

§ 1983 action alleging due process, equal protection, and access to court claims.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
discretion. Bateman v. U.S. Postal Serv., 231 F.3d 1220, 1223 (9th Cir. 2000). We

vacate and remand.

      The district court dismissed the action with prejudice because McDonald

failed timely to file an amended complaint in compliance with its January 25, 2010

order. McDonald contends that he submitted evidence showing that he never

received the district court’s order. Excusable neglect is a basis for granting a

motion to reconsider a final order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1).

See Bateman, 231 F.3d at 1223. “[W]hether neglect is excusable is an equitable

[determination] that depends on at least four factors: (1) the danger of prejudice to

the opposing party; (2) the length of the delay and its potential impact on the

proceedings; (3) the reason for the delay; and (4) whether the movant acted in good

faith.” Id. at 1223-24 (citation omitted). Here, the district court failed to engage in

the equitable analysis required for determining whether McDonald’s neglect was

excusable. Accordingly, we vacate the order and remand for the district court to

decide McDonald’s motion to reconsider using the appropriate equitable analysis.

      McDonald’s “Case Inquiry and Request to Place Case on Court’s Calendar,”

entered on July 29, 2011, is denied as moot.

      McDonald shall bear his own costs on appeal.

      VACATED and REMANDED.

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