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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUINDELL FORD, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-1327 JLT CDB ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ) ALTER OR AMEND JUDGMENT v. ) ) (Doc. 19) B.M. TRATE, ) ) Defendant. ) )

Quindell Ford filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging his conviction and sentence under the “escape hatch” of 28 U.S.C. § 2255(e). (See Doc. 1.) The Court dismissed the petition with prejudice and entered judgment. (Docs. 17, 18.) Petitioner now moves to alter or amend the judgment pursuant to Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. 19.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) permits a party to move a court to alter or amend its judgment. “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 intervening change in the controlling law.’” Wood v. Ryan, 759 F.3d…