Hutchins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

KENNETH HUTCHINS,

Case No. 17-cv-03921-BLF Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S v. MOTION TO VACATE COURT’S FINAL ORDER AND JUDGMENT JOE A. LIZARRAGA, Warden, [Re: ECF 30] Respondent.

12 Before the Court for a second time is Petitioner Kenneth Hutchins’ Motion to Vacate the Court’s Final Order and Judgment, brought under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 59(e) and 60(b). See Mot., ECF 30. Petitioner filed the motion on April 27, 2020, asserting that new evidence of actual innocence warrants relief from the Court’s adverse habeas ruling and entry of judgment on March 30, 2020. See id. Respondent filed opposition. See Opp., ECF 31. The Court deemed the motion appropriate for decision without oral argument, determined that it raises a new claim for habeas relief based on actual innocence, and denied…