Pitts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARLOS REESE PITTS, No. 2:20-cv-01037-TLN-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. GEORGE ALBERT PITTS, Defendant. 16 17 This matter is before the Court pursuant to Plaintiff Carlos Reese Pitts’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Reconsideration of the Court’s August 31, 2020 Order dismissing this case (ECF No. 7). (ECF No. 9.) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED. / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff initiated this action on May 21, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) On July 6, 2020, the previously assigned magistrate judge screened Plaintiff’s Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). (ECF No. 5.) The magistrate judge dismissed the Complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, finding that the Complaint failed to establish the Court’s diversity jurisdiction where the Complaint’s sole claim was for breach of contract. (Id. at 4–5.) Plaintiff was granted…