(PS) Hedrington v. David Grant Medical Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Orlonzo Hedrington, No. 2:22-cv-00074-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. David Grant Medical Center, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Orolonzo Hedrington moves to alter or amend the judgment under Federal Rule 18 of Civil Procedure 59(e). See generally Mot., ECF No. 78. “[A] Rule 59(e) motion is an 19 extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of judicial resources.” Kaufmann vy. Kijakazi, 32 F.4th 843, 850 (9th Cir. 2022) (quoting Wood v. Ryan, 759 F.3d 1117, 1121 (9th Cir. 2014) (per curiam)). “A district court may grant a Rule 59(e) motion if it is presented with newly discovered evidence, committed clear error, or if there is an 23 intervening change in the controlling law.” /d. (quoting Wood, 759 F.3d at 1121). Hedrington contends the court clearly erred in applying Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), which sets a deadline…