Peery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH VINCENT WARD, No. 2:21-cv-02220-DAD-KJN (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR RECONSIDERATION

v. (Doc. No. 27) SUZANNE M. PEERY, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On July 27, 2023, the court issued an order adopting the assigned magistrate judge’s June 1, 2023 findings and recommendations and denying petitioner’s motions for a stay and to compel discovery. (Doc. No. 26.) On August 11, 2023, the court received petitioner’s motion for reconsideration of the July 27, 2023 order. (Doc. No. 27.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) governs the reconsideration orders of the district court. Rule 60(b) permits a district court to relieve a party from an order or judgment on grounds, among…