Kliewer v. Bennett

• Court: District Court, E.D. Washington
• Decided: February 7, 2025
• Docket: 2:24-cv-00293
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 FILED IN THE 2 EASTERU N. S D. I SD TI RS IT CR TI C OT F C WO AU SR HT I NGTON 3 Feb 07, 2025 4 SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 9 10 EUGENE KLIEWER, No. 2:24-cv-00293-SAB 11 Petitioner, 12 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION 13 FOR RELIEF FROM 14 JASON BENNETT, JUDGMENT 15 Respondent. 16 17 By Order filed December 16, 2024, the Court dismissed this case without 18 prejudice for failure to exhaust state court remedies and as a proper exercise of 19 abstention under the Younger doctrine. ECF No. 15; see Younger v. Harris, 401 20 U.S. 37 (1971). Judgment was entered the same day. ECF No. 16. On January 7, 21 2025, Petitioner filed a Motion for Relief from Judgment. ECF No. 17. 22 In his Motion, Petitioner states that the Court “violated the Magistrate’s Act 23 and Habeas Rule 4 and 8(b) by granting informa [sic] pauperis then terminating 24 review by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3)[.]” ECF No. 17 at 1. Petitioner asks the Court to 25 reopen his habeas corpus case “based upon the failure to apply United States 26 Supreme Court precedent in determination of the Sixth Amendment claim 27 presented” in his habeas petition. Id. at 2. 28 1 A motion for reconsideration may be reviewed under either Federal Rule of 2 Civil Procedure 59(e) (motion to alter or amend a judgment) or 60(b) (relief from 3 judgment). Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cnty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 4 1262 (9th Cir. 1993). “A district court may properly reconsider its decision if it 5 ‘(1) is presented with newly discovered evidence, (2) committed clear error or the 6 initial decision was manifestly unjust, or (3) if there is an intervening change in 7 controlling law.’” Smith v. Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist., 727 F.3d 950, 955 (9th Cir. 8 2013) (quoting Sch. Dist. No. 1J, 5 F.3d at 1263). “There may also be other, highly 9 unusual, circumstances warranting reconsideration.” Sch. Dist. No. 1J, 5 F.3d at 10 1263. 11 Petitioner has not presented newly discovered evidence, demonstrated that 12 the Court committed clear error, or shown that the Order dismissing this action was 13 manifestly unjust. There has also been no intervening change in controlling law, 14 and Petitioner pleads no other circumstances warranting reconsideration. Id. 15 Accordingly, Petitioner’s Motion for Relief from Judgment, ECF No. 17, 16 is denied. 17 On January 17, 2025, Petitioner appealed the judgment in this case to the 18 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. ECF No. 18. 19 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 20 1. Petitioner’s Motion for Relief from Judgment, ECF No. 17, 21 is DENIED. 22 2. Petitioner’s request for the Court to issue a certificate of appealability, 23 ECF No. 17 at 2, is DENIED. 24 // 25 // 26 // 27 // 28 // 1 3. The file shall REMAIN closed. The Court shall entertain no further documents in this case, other than a notice of appeal of the Court’s ruling regarding the Motion for Relief from Judgment, and the Clerk’s Office shall note no further motions or petitions for hearing 5|| this case. IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter this Order and provide a copy to Petitioner. 8 DATED this 7th day of February 2025. 9 10 11 12 bya Secthan 4 Stanley A. Bastian Chief United States District Judge

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