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PATTISON v. STATE EX REL. DEPARTEMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 3:14-cv-00020-MMD-VPC. (2015)

Court: District Court, D. Nevada Number: infdco20150112906 Visitors: 5
Filed: Jan. 09, 2015
Latest Update: Jan. 09, 2015
Summary: ORDER MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge. I. SUMMARY Before the Court is Plaintiff's L.R. 1B 3-1(a)(b), L.R. 1B 3-2(a)(b) Objections to, and Appeal from the Magistrate's September 19, 2014, Order and FRCP 60(b) Motion for Relief ("Objection"). (Dkt. no. 47.) For reasons stated below, the Court denies the Motion. II. BACKGROUND On September 19, 2014, Magistrate Judge Cooke denied Plaintiff's Motion for Leave of Court for an Order Allowing Plaintiffs FRCP 56(c) Motion Excessive Pages and Relief So
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ORDER

MIRANDA M. DU, District Judge.

I. SUMMARY

Before the Court is Plaintiff's L.R. 1B 3-1(a)(b), L.R. 1B 3-2(a)(b) Objections to, and Appeal from the Magistrate's September 19, 2014, Order and FRCP 60(b) Motion for Relief ("Objection"). (Dkt. no. 47.) For reasons stated below, the Court denies the Motion.

II. BACKGROUND

On September 19, 2014, Magistrate Judge Cooke denied Plaintiff's Motion for Leave of Court for an Order Allowing Plaintiffs FRCP 56(c) Motion Excessive Pages and Relief Sought (dkt. no. 43). Plaintiff timely filed an objection to the decision and asks this Court to reconsider the Magistrate Judge's Order. (Dkt. no. 47.) Defendants timely filed a response. (Dkt. no. 52.)

III. DISCUSSION

A. Legal Standard

Magistrate judges are authorized to resolve pretrial matters subject to district court review under a "clearly erroneous or contrary to law" standard. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(a); L.R. IB 3-1(a) ("A district judge may reconsider any pretrial matter referred to a magistrate judge in a civil or criminal case pursuant to LR IB 1-3, where it has been shown that the magistrate judge's ruling is clearly erroneous or contrary to law."). "This subsection would also enable the court to delegate some of the more administrative functions to a magistrate judge, such as . . . assistance in the preparation of plans to achieve prompt disposition of cases in the court." Gomez v. United States, 490 U.S. 858, 869 (1989). "A finding is clearly erroneous when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing body on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." United States v. Ressam, 593 F.3d 1095, 1118 (9th Cir. 2010) (quotation omitted). A magistrate judge's pretrial order issued under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) is not subject to de novo review, and the reviewing court "may not simply substitute its judgment for that of the deciding court." Grimes v. City & County of San Francisco, 951 F.2d 236, 241 (9th Cir. 1991).

B. Analysis

After reviewing Magistrate Judge Cooke's Order and Plaintiff's Objection, the Court determines that the Magistrate Judge's Order was not clearly erroneous or contrary to law. In fact, the Court agrees with the Magistrate Judge's determination that Plaintiff should be able to comply with the 30 page limit in preparing his dispositive motion. Plaintiff's Objection is therefore overruled.

IV. CONCLUSION

It is therefore ordered that Plaintiff's L.R. 1B 3-1(a)(b), L.R. 1B 3-2(a)(b) Objections to, and Appeal from the Magistrate's September 19, 2014, Order and FRCP 60(b) Motion for Relief (dkt. no. 47) is overruled.

It is further ordered that Magistrate Judge Cooke's decision (dkt. no. 45) denying Plaintiff's motion to exceed page limit (dkt. no. 43) and striking Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment (dkt. no. 44) is affirmed.

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