Pollard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KENNETH L. FAULKNER, No. 1:20-cv-01748-JLT-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR RECONSIDERATION

v. (Doc. 23) M. POLLARD, Respondent. 16 Kenneth L. Faulkner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On October 14, 2021, the previous assigned district judge issued an order adopting the assigned magistrate judge’s findings and recommendations to dismiss the petition for writ of habeas corpus as an unauthorized successive petition. (Doc. 21.) On October 28, 2021, petitioner filed a motion to reopen the case. (Doc. 23.) The Court construes the motion to reopen the case as a motion for reconsideration filed pursuant to Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. District courts “possess[] the inherent procedural power to reconsider, rescind, or modify an interlocutory order for cause seen by it to be sufficient.” City of…