Steiner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 TARA STEINER, an Individual, No. 2:20-cv-01580-JAM-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO SET ASIDE THE DISMISSAL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET

AL.,

13 Defendants. 14 The matter before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to set aside the Court’s judgment dismissing her claims and closing this case for failure to prosecute. See Mot. to Set Aside (“Mot.”), ECF No. 20; Judgment, ECF No. 18. The United States opposes Plaintiff’s motion. See Opp’n, ECF No. 23. Plaintiff replied. See Reply, ECF No. 24. For the reasons stated below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s motion to set aside the Court’s judgment.1 I. BACKGROUND In August 2018, Plaintiff Tara Steiner and her son, John Steiner, collided with a United States Postal Services vehicle. Mot. at 2. Two years later, John Steiner initiated suit against

1 This motion was determined to be suitable for decision without oral argument. E.D. Cal. L.R. 230(g). The…