(HC) Cross v. Corona

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GEORGE EUGENE CROSS, also known No. 2:09-CV-0488-TLN-DMC-P as Arcion, 12 Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v.

MICHAEL CORONA,

15 Respondent.

17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brought this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 31, 2010, the District Judge granted Respondent’s motion to dismiss, declined to issue a certificate of appealability, and directed entry of judgment. See ECF No. 61. Now pending before the Court in this closed matter is Petitioner’s motion for reconsideration, filed over 14 years following entry of final judgment. See ECF No. 75. The motion has been referred to the undersigned. See ECF No. 78. The Court may grant reconsideration under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(e) and 60. Generally, a motion for reconsideration of a final judgment is appropriately brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). See Backlund v. Barnhart, 778 F.2d 1386, 1388…