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GETACHEW v. 7-ELEVEN, INC., 11-cv-02421-REB-MJW. (2012)

Court: District Court, D. Colorado Number: infdco20120628931 Visitors: 11
Filed: Jun. 26, 2012
Latest Update: Jun. 26, 2012
Summary: ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ROBERT E. BLACKBURN, District Judge. The matter before me is Plaintiffs' Motion Requesting the Court To Reconsider Its June 8, 2012 Order and Disregard Its Consideration of Defendant's "Judicial Notice" Because He Did Not Confer with the Plaintiff as the Court Rule Requires [#64] 1 filed June 25, 2012. Plaintiff seeks reconsideration of my Order Re: Recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge [#56] filed June 8, 2012. Exercisi
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ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

ROBERT E. BLACKBURN, District Judge.

The matter before me is Plaintiffs' Motion Requesting the Court To Reconsider Its June 8, 2012 Order and Disregard Its Consideration of Defendant's "Judicial Notice" Because He Did Not Confer with the Plaintiff as the Court Rule Requires [#64]1 filed June 25, 2012. Plaintiff seeks reconsideration of my Order Re: Recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge [#56] filed June 8, 2012. Exercising my prerogative to rule on the motion without benefit of a response, D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1C., I deny the motion.

The bases for granting reconsideration are extremely limited:

Grounds warranting a motion to reconsider include (1) an intervening change in the controlling law, (2) new evidence previously unavailable, and (3) the need to correct clear error or prevent manifest injustice. Thus, a motion for reconsideration is appropriate where the court has misapprehended the facts, a party's position, or the controlling law.

Servants of the Paraclete v. Does, 204 F.3d 1005, 1012 (10th Cir. 2000) (citations omitted). Plaintiff's motion offers nothing suggesting that any of these grounds are implicated in this case.

Instead, it appears that plaintiff is confused by the reference at page 1 of the Order to "more recent developments in the case." That reference was linked to my order re-referring defendant's motion to dismiss to the magistrate judge in light of plaintiff's stated intention not to amend his complaint despite the magistrate judge's order directing him to do so. It had no relation to defendant's Notice of Filing in Related Case and Request for the Court To Take Judicial Notice [#53] filed May 22, 2012, which notice I did not consider in issuing my ruling.2

THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion Requesting the Court To Reconsider Its June 8, 2012 Order and Disregard Its Consideration of Defendant's "Judicial Notice" Because He Did Not Confer with the Plaintiff as the Court Rule Requires [#64] filed June 25, 2012, is DENIED.

FootNotes


1. "[#64]" is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific paper by the court's electronic case filing and management system (CM/ECF). I use this convention throughout this order.
2. To the extent that plaintiff complains that defendant filed the request without conferring with him as required by the Local Rules, that issue can be addressed, if appropriate, within the context of the magistrate judge's consideration of the motion to dismiss.
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