Usher

DISCUSSION

20 Reconsideration motions are committed to the discretion of the trial court. Rodgers v. Watt, 21 722 F.2d 456, 460 (9th Cir. 1983) (en banc); Combs v. Nick Garin Trucking, 825 F.2d 437, 441 (D.C. 22 Cir. 1987). A party seeking reconsideration must set forth facts or law of a strongly convincing nature 23 to induce the court to reverse a prior decision. See, e.g., Kern-Tulare Water Dist. v. City of 24 Bakersfield, 634 F.Supp. 656, 665 (E.D. Cal. 1986), aff’d in part and rev’d in part on other grounds, 25 828 F.2d 514 (9th Cir. 1987). Further, “ ‘[a] party seeking reconsideration must show more than a 26 disagreement with the Court’s decision, and ‘recapitulation…’” of that which was already considered 27 by the court in rendering its decision. U.S. v. Westlands Water Dist., 134 F.Supp.2d 1111, 1131 (E.D. 28 1 |} Cal. 2001) (quoting Bermingham v. Sony Corp. of Am., Inc., 820 F.Supp. 834, 856 (D N.J. 1992)). 2 || Similarly, Local Rule 230(j) requires that a party seeking reconsideration show that “new or different 3 || facts or circumstances are claimed to exist which did not exist or were not shown upon such prior 4 || motion, or what other grounds exist for the…