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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL ARRELLANO, Case No.: 16cv2412-CAB-MSB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. FILE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION [Doc. No. 182] BLAHNIK, Defendant. 16 On March 30, 2021, this Court issued an order granting Defendant’s motion for summary judgment regarding punitive damages (hereinafter the “MSJ Order”). [Doc. No. 179.] On April 15, 2021, Plaintiff filed a motion to file a motion for reconsideration of that order. [Doc. No. 182.] A. Motion for reconsideration. Although the FRCP do not expressly authorize a motion for reconsideration, “(a) district court has the inherent power to reconsider and modify its interlocutory orders prior to the entry of judgment …” Posthearing Procedures, Cal. Prac. Guide Fed. Civ. Pro. Before Trial, Ch. 12-E, §12:158, quoting Smith v. Massachusetts, 543 US 462, 475 (2005). However, reconsideration is an “extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly.”…