Baughman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREGORY GOODS, No. 2:23-cv-02790-DJC-SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DAVID BAUGHMAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion to amend or alter judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). (ECF No. 24.) Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may file a “motion to alter or amend a judgment” within “28 days after the entry of the judgment.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). “Although Rule 59 (e) permits a district court to reconsider and amend a previous order, the rule offers an ‘extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of judicial resources.’ ” Kona Enterprises, Inc. v. Est. of Bishop, 229 F.3d 877, 890 (9th Cir. 2000) (quoting 6 James Wm. Moore, et al., Moore's Federal Practice § 54.78[1] (3d ed. 2000)). The Ninth Circuit has held a motion to alter or amend judgment under Rule 59(e) is “usually available only when (1) the court committed…