(PS) Whitsitt v. City of Stockton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM J. WHITSITT, No. 2:20-cv-01178 KJM AC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CITY OF STOCKTON, et al., Defendants. 16 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to reopen this case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 (ECF No. 13). Plaintiff is proceeding pro se, and accordingly the motion was referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). For the reasons that follow, the motion should be DENIED. I. RELEVANT FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY Plaintiff filed his complaint on June 12, 2020, and moved to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 2. Pursuant to the IFP screening process, the undersigned evaluated the complaint and found it duplicative of another case proceeding in this district. ECF No. 4. The undersigned recommend that in forma pauperis status be granted but that the complaint be dismissed with prejudice as duplicative. Id. On March 25, 2021, Chief…