Case: Ontario Forest Industries Assoc. and Ontario Lumber Manufacturers Assoc., Plaintiffs, v. The United States of America, and Susan C. Schwab, Defendants, and Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee, Defendant-Intervenors
Abbreviation: Ontario Forest Industries Assoc. v. United States
Decision Date: 2006-10-24
Docket Number: Ct. No. 06-00156
Citation: 30 Ct. Int'l Trade 1624
Volume: 30
Reporter: United States Court of International Trade Reports
Court: United States Court of International Trade
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Ontario Forest Industries Assoc. and Ontario Lumber Manufacturers Assoc., Plaintiffs, v. The United States of America, and Susan C. Schwab, Defendants, and Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee, Defendant-Intervenors.
Judges: 
Pages: 1624–1625

Head Matter:
462 F.Supp.2d 1261
Ontario Forest Industries Assoc. and Ontario Lumber Manufacturers Assoc., Plaintiffs, v. The United States of America, and Susan C. Schwab, Defendants, and Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports Executive Committee, Defendant-Intervenors.
Ct. No. 06-00156
Decided: October 24, 2006
Baker & Hostetler, LLP (Elliot Jay Feldman, Bryan Jay Brown, John Burke, and Michael Steven Snarr) for Plaintiffs;
Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General; David M. Cohen, Director, Jeanne E. Davidson, Deputy Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. De partment of Justice (Stephen Carl Tosini, Trial Attorney) for Defendant United States; Dewey Ballantine LLP (Harry L. Clark, Kevin M. Dempsey, John W. Bohn) for Defendant-Intervenor.

Opinion:
ORDER
POGUE, Judge:
Before the court is Plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration pursuant to Section 301 of the Customs Courts Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. § 2646, and USCIT R. 59. By their motion, Plaintiffs ask the court to reconsider the court's opinion and vacate its final judgment in Ontario Forest Industries Assoc. v. United States, 30 CIT_,444 F. Supp. 2d 1309 (2006)(hereinafter "Ontario Forest"). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs' motion is denied.
A motion for reconsideration is generally granted only to rectify a significant flaw in the original proceeding, such as the emergence of new, previously undiscoverable, evidence. See, e.g., Am. Nat'l Fire Ins. Co. v. United States, 30 CIT_,_, Slip Op. 06-136 at 2 (Sept. 7, 2006). "A motion for reconsideration will not be granted merely to give a losing party another chance to re- litigate the case or present arguments it previously raised." Id., citing United States v. Gold Mountain Coffee, Ltd., 8 CIT 336, 337, 601 F. Supp. 212, 214 (1984). In addition, the grant of a motion for reconsideration lies within the discretion of the court.
In Ontario Forest, this court denied Plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandamus, choosing, inter alia, to abstain from intervening in a dispute between the United States and Canada under the NAFTA bina-tional review system. In doing so, the court noted that the governments of the United States and Canada "appear to be attempting to negotiate in good-faith a resolution to this matter." Ontario Forest 30 CIT at_, 444 F. Supp. 2d at 1329.
Plaintiffs seek reconsideration alleging, without a basis in fact, that the settlement negotiations between the governments of the United States and Canada "have now ended," Pis.' Mem. Supp. Mot. Recons. 4, and asserting that, as a result, the factual basis for the court's abstention from assertion of jurisdiction no longer exists, id. at 4, 9-10.
As Plaintiffs' motion is not founded on any factual showing that could indicate an error or change of circumstance relating to the court's original opinion, Plaintiffs' motion is therefore simply an attempt to obtain another chance to re-litigate their case. As such, it must be and is hereby DENIED.
It is SO ORDERED.