Mohamed v. Washington State Human Rights Commission

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: March 7, 2023
• Docket: 2:22-cv-01011
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

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4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 BASRA MOHAMED, CASE NO. 2:22-cv-01011-JHC 8 Plaintiff, ORDER 9 v. 10 WASHINGTON STATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ET AL., 11 Defendant. 12 13

14 This matter comes before the Court on pro se Plaintiff’s “Oppossition [sic] to Order 15 Dismissing Case Without Prejudice.” Dkt. # 23. To the extent the “Opposition” should be 16 construed as a motion for reconsideration under LCR 7(h), the Court DENIES it for the 17 following reasons. 18 “Motions for reconsideration are disfavored. The court will ordinarily deny such motions 19 in the absence of a showing of manifest error in the prior ruling or a showing of new facts or 20 legal authority which could not have been brought to its attention earlier with reasonable 21 diligence.” LCR 7(h)(1). Plaintiff shows neither manifest error or such new facts or legal 22 authority. Plaintiff cites no authority—nor is the Court aware of any—that an amended 23 complaint resets the 90-day time limit for service under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m). 24 l Plaintiff says she served “Defendant”—she does not specify which Defendant—but has 2 || submitted no proof of such service. Plaintiff cites Brockmeyer v. May, 383 F.3d 798 (9th Cir. 3 2004), for the proposition that “the service defect was a technicality and should not result in 4 dismissal of the case.” But Brockmeyer does not apply. There, the court reversed a default 5 ||judgment for failure to properly serve a foreign company. Jd. 6 Finally, the Court reminds Plaintiff that dismissal of this case is without prejudice. 7 Dated this 7th day of March, 2023. 8 5 Cob 4. Chur 10 John H. Chun United States District Judge 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24