(PS) Whitsitt v. City of Stockton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM J. WHITSITT, No. 2:20-cv-00131 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. 17. 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 January 17, 2020 and moved to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 2. Pursuant to the IFP screening process, the initial complaint was rejected with leave to amend. Id. Plaintiff submitted a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) on April 20, 2020. ECF No. 7. Plaintiff subsequently submitted a motion to amend, asserting that he had submitted the FAC before receiving the order to amend his…