Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN MICHAEL SANDSTROM, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01618-JLT-BAK (SKO) (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION ) FOR RECONSIDERATION v. ) ) (Doc. 20) WARDEN, )

Respondent. ) ) )

Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus on October 29, 2021. (Doc. 1.) On January 10, 2022, the Court issued an order dismissing the petition. (Doc. 18.) Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s motion for reconsideration, filed on January 18, 2022. (Doc. 20.)1 DISCUSSION Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) governs the reconsideration of final orders of the district court. Rule 60(b) permits a district court to relieve a party from a final order or judgment on grounds of: “(1) mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect; (2) newly discovered evidence . . .; (3) fraud . . . by an opposing party; (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment…