(PC)Sams
(PC)Sams v. Lundy
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES PLAS SAMS, No. 1:23-cv-00172-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR RECONSIDERATION
v. (Doc. No. 13) 14 LEANNA LUNDY, et al. FEBRUARY 2, 2024 DEADLINE 15 Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s pleading entitled “Objection to Nondispositive Order of Magistrate Judge/And Or Motion for Reconsideration” filed on October 18, 2023. (Doc. No. 13, “Motion”). Plaintiff, a former prisoner, initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint while incarcerated. (Doc. No. 1). For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Plaintiff’s motion. The Court construes the motion as filed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59. Under Rule 59, a party may file a motion to alter or amend a judgment within 28 days. A motion for reconsideration under Rule 59 is an “extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of judicial resources.” Bonilla, 2019 WL 6618060 *1 (citations omitted). “A 26 …