Johnson v. Knight Transportation, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SORYA JOHNSON, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-01674-JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR ) RECONSIDERATION v. ) ) (Doc. 42) KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION, INC., et al., ) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff seeks reconsideration of the Court’s order dated December 4, 20191. (Doc. 38; Doc. 42.) Plaintiff seeks an order granting leave to amend to add allegations of punitive damages. (Doc. 42.) Reconsideration is an “extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of judicial resources.” Carroll v. Nakatani, 342 F.3d 934, 945 (9th Cir. 2003). A reconsideration motion “should not be granted absent highly unusual circumstances.” McDowell v. Calderon, 197 F.3d 1253, 1255 (9th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 490 U.S. 1059 (1989). A reconsideration motion “is not a vehicle for relitigating old issues, presenting the case under new theories, securing a 24 …