Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Grame Kali Kanongata’a, No. 2:20-cv-0973 KJM DB P Petitioner, ORDER v. Scott Jones, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed additional objections to the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations, ECF No. 15, after this court adopted the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations following a de novo review of the case. ECF No. 13. After reviewing the new document, the court finds this most akin to a motion for reconsideration or relief from a judgment under either Rule 59(e) or Rule 60(b). Although petitioner does not identify the basis of his motion, the court construes it as a motion for relief from a judgment or order under 59(e) because it was filed within the 28-day window required by Rule 59. Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e). Under Rule 59(e), a party may move to “alter or amend a judgment” within twenty-eight days of the entry of the judgment. Although the Rule does not list specific grounds for such a motion, the…