Ascarie
Ascarie v. The County of Santa Clara
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 MAHMOUD ASCARIE, Case No.16-cv-05031-VKD
9 Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO SET
10 v. ASIDE DISMISSAL
11 THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 93 Defendants. 12
13 14 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b), pro se plaintiff Mahmoud Ascarie 15 moves to set aside the stipulated dismissal of this action. Dkt. Nos. 91, 93. Defendants County of 16 Santa Clara (“the County”), Jim Lanz, MaryEllen Luna, Daren Wardell, Michael Harrison, and 17 Joseph Takacs oppose the motion. Dkt. No. 94. Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b), the Court 18 finds Mr. Ascarie’s motion suitable for decision without oral argument. Based on the parties’ 19 written submissions, the Court denies Mr. Ascarie’s motion to reopen this action. 20 I. BACKGROUND 21 Mr. Ascarie filed this action on August 31, 2016 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983, asserting 22 that defendants violated his constitutional rights to free speech, equal…