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44 55 66 77 United States District Court 88 Central District of California 99 1100 1111 PHIL SPARKS, Case No. 2:20-cv-05549-ODW (SPx)

1122 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION TO ALTER JUDGMENT

1133 v. AND MOTION FOR RELIEF FROM

JUDGMENT [11] [14]

1144 NBC E-ONLINE,

1155 Defendant.

1166 1177 I. INTRODUCTION 1188 On June 23, 2020, pro se Plaintiff Phil Sparks filed a Complaint with a single 1199 cause of action titled “Independent Action for Relief for Fraud Upon the Court,” 2200 purportedly pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 60(d)(3). (Compl., 2211 ECF No. 1.) On August 3, 2020, the Court dismissed the Complaint sua sponte. 2222 (Min. Order Dismissing Compl., ECF No. 10.) Sparks now moves to vacate the 2233 dismissal pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 59(e) or, alternatively, 2244 for relief from the Court’s dismissal pursuant to Rule 60(b)(6). (Mot. to Alter J., ECF 2255 No. 11; Mot. for Relief, ECF No. 14.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court 2266 DENIES Sparks’s Motions.1 2277

2288 1 Having…