Kreinzenbeck v. Hewlett-Packard

Filing 15

ORDER signed by Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr on 11/1/2011 ORDERING that Plaintiff's 14 motion for reconsideration is DENIED. (Duong, D)

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1 2 3 4 5 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 JUNE M. KREINZENBECK, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, 9 v. 10 11 HEWLETT-PACKARD, 12 Defendant. ________________________________ 2:11-cv-00904-GEB-GGH ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 13 On 14 September 15, 2011, Plaintiff filed a Motion for 15 “Reconsideration/Grant” arguing her Amended Complaint “does arise under 16 Federal Law.” (ECF No. 14.) This 17 action was dismissed for lack of subject matter 18 jurisdiction and judgment was entered on September 6, 2011. (ECF Nos. 19 12-13.) Since Plaintiff’s motion was “filed within [twenty-eight] days 20 of entry of judgment”, it is “treated as a motion to alter or amend 21 judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure [(“Rule”)] 59(e)[.]” 22 American Ironworks & Erectors, Inc. v. North Am. Const. Corp., 248 F.3d 23 892, 898-99 (9th Cir. 2001). “Under Rule 59(e), it is appropriate to alter or amend a 24 25 judgment if (1) the district court is presented with newly discovered 26 evidence, (2) the district court committed clear error or made an 27 initial 28 intervening decision that change in was manifestly controlling 1 unjust, law.” or United (3) Nat’l there is an Ins. Co. v. 1 Spectrum Worldwide, Inc., 555 F.3d 772, 780 (9th Cir. 2009) (internal 2 quotation marks omitted). Plaintiff has not alleged a federal claim; 3 therefore, 4 jurisdiction 5 Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is DENIED. 6 7 dismissing was not this action “clear error” for or lack of subject “manifestly unjust”. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: November 1, 2011 8 9 10 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. United States District Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 matter Id.

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