(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 Plaintiff has filed a second motion to reopen this case under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60. ECF No. 25. Because plaintiff proceeds pro se, the matter is referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). For the reasons that follow, the motion should be DENIED and plaintiff should be PRECLUDED from filing further motions to reopen this case. 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 initial complaint was rejected as duplicative of another case. ECF Nos. 4, 11. Judgment was entered on March 25, 2021 and this case was closed. ECF No. 12. On June 3, 2021, plaintiff moved to reopen the case pursuant to Fed. R.…