Moretto v. Florida Department of Corrections

United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Moretto v. Florida Department of Corrections

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION

STEPHEN MORETTO,

Plaintiff,

v. Case No.: 2:23-cv-1033-SPC-NPM

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and CENTURION,

Defendants. / OPINION AND ORDER Before the Court is Plaintiff Stephen Moretto’s “Notice to Court” (Doc. 10). Moretto voluntarily dismissed this action over a month ago so he could refile it later, and the Court entered judgment and closed the case. Moretto now asks the Court to reopen the case to seek damages stemming from a recent injury. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 provides the means for requesting relief from judgment, but it does not provide a party relief from a tactical litigation decision it regrets. See Waddell v. Hendry Cnty. Sheriff’s Office,

329 F.3d 1300, 1310

(11th Cir. 2003); see also Delgrego v. Taylor, No. 4:11-cv-180- RH/WCS,

2012 WL 1365971

, at *1 (N.D. Fla. Apr. 19, 2012) (“The task of managing the district’s substantial volume of prisoner cases is difficult enough without allowing a prisoner to abandon and then reinstate a claim for no

reason other than a change of mind.”). Accordingly, the Court DENIES Moretto’s request to reopen this case (Doc. 10). Moretto’s voluntarily dismissal was without prejudice, so he may, of

course, commence a new action. DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on February 138, 2024.

, Lh platrathe 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

SA: FTMP-1 Copies: All Parties of Record

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