Parriot

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAWRENCE CHRISTOPHER SMITH, 1:19-cv-00286-JLT-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

vs. (ECF No. 66.)

PARRIOT, et al.,

Defendants.

19 I. BACKGROUND Lawrence Christopher Smith (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This case now proceeds with the First Amended Complaint filed on September 10, 2020, against defendants Cantu, W. Gutierrez, and Mattingly (“Defendants”) for use of excessive force in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 22.) On August 12, 2022, Plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration of the undersigned’s order issued on November 8, 2021, which denied Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of independent expert(s). (ECF No. 66.) II. MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION Rule 60(b) allows the Court to relieve a party from an…