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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL AARON WITKIN, No. 2:16-cv-2950-JAM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS A. SLOAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff filed this action on December 19, 2016 (ECF No. 1) and simultaneously moved to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). His application to proceed in forma pauperis was granted on October 3, 2017. ECF No. 7. But on August 26, 2019, defendants moved to dismiss the action, arguing that plaintiff’s assertion of poverty was false. ECF No. 30. On December 19, 2019, the court recommended defendants’ motion be granted. ECF No. 36. The district judge adopted that recommendation over plaintiff’s objections on May 6, 2020. ECF No. 44. Now, plaintiff has filed a motion to amend or alter judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). ECF No. 46. Defendants have filed an opposition thereto. ECF No. 47. Plaintiff has filed a reply. ECF No. 48. For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s…