Kassem

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAIDAN KASSEM, et al., No. 1:21-cv-01400-DAD-HBK Plaintiffs, v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’

EMERGENCY MOTION FOR

ANTONY J. BLINKEN, et al., RECONSIDERATION Defendants. (Doc. No. 11) 16 17 This matter is before the court on defendants’ emergency motion for reconsideration of this court’s September 23, 2021 order granting plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. (Doc. Nos. 10, 11.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the court takes this matter under submission to be decided on the papers, without holding a hearing. For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny defendants’ motion for reconsideration. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) allows the court to relieve a party from an order for “(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence that, with reasonable diligence, could not have…