Lenk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 KENNETH LAWRENCE LENK, Case No. 20-cv-08094-BLF

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

FOURTH MOTION TO AMEND OR

v. ALTER JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO

FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL

MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC., PROCEDURE 59(e) (ERRONEOUSLY

TITLED AS THIRD MOTION)

Defendant. [Re: ECF 49]

14 Plaintiff Kenneth Lawrence Lenk (“Lenk”) has filed a fourth motion1 to alter or amend judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). See Mot., ECF 84. Defendant Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (“MPS”) has filed opposition and Lenk has filed a reply. See Opp., ECF 85; Reply, ECF 86. The Court finds the motion suitable for decision without oral argument. See Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). Lenk “requests amended judgment pursuant to Rule 59(e)” based on his assertion that the undersigned judge was required to withdraw from the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455 but failed to do so. Mot. at 1…