Wise
(PC) Witkin v. Wise
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Michael Witkin, No. 2:19-cv-0974-KJM-KJN-P Plaintiff, ORDER Vv. D. Wise, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Michael Witkin, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, moves for reconsideration of 18 this court’s order adopting the Magistrate Judge’s findings and recommendations and granting summary judgment in part. See Order, ECF No. 65; Mot. Recons., ECF No. 68. Mr. Witkin also 20 requests that the court amend its order under Rule 52(b). Mot. Am., ECF No. 69. The court construes these motions as a single request to reconsider under the court’s inherent authority and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). See City of Los Angeles v. Santa Monica BayKeeper, 254 F.3d 882, 886 (9th Cir. 2001); Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of Colusa Indian Cmty. 24 v. California, 649 F. Supp. 2d 1063, 1069 (E.D. Cal. 2009). Reconsideration is appropriate if there has been an intervening change in…