Engel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES C. ENGEL, Case No.: 19-CV-2077-CAB-KSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. ALTER OR AMEND THE

JUDGMENT

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

THE NAVY,

[Doc. No. 41] Defendant. 16 17 On March 18, 2021, the Court entered an order granting summary judgment in favor of Defendant United States Department of the Navy (the “Navy”). [Doc. No. 39.] Plaintiff James Engel now moves for the Court to alter or amend that order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) on the grounds that, according to Engel, the Court’s judgment was a clear error of law. The motion to alter or amend the judgment is denied. The purpose of a motion to alter or amend a judgment under Rule 59(e) is to “correct manifest errors of law or fact or to present newly discovered evidence.” Ruscavage v. Zuratt, 831 F. Supp. 417, 418 (E.D. Pa. 1993). The district court has “considerable discretion” in deciding…