McDermott v. United States Postal Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 10 LANCE P. MCDERMOTT, CASE NO. C24-1734JLR 11 Plaintiff, ORDER v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Defendant.

Before the court is Plaintiff Lance P. McDermott’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s February 19, 2025 order of dismissal and entry of judgment. (MFR (Dkt. # 24); see 2/19/25 Order (Dkt. # 22); Judgment (Dkt. # 23).) The court DENIES the motion.

A motion for reconsideration is an “extraordinary remedy . . . to be used sparingly” and the movant bears a “heavy burden.” Kona Enters., Inc. v. Estate of Bishop, 229 F.3d 877, 890 (9th Cir. 2000). “The court will ordinarily deny such motions in the absence of a showing of manifest error in the prior ruling or a showing of new facts or legal authority which could not have been brought to its attention earlier with reasonable diligence.” Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(h). Here, Mr. McDermott offers citations to multiple documents, including orders issued in this case before it reached this court. (See generally MFR.) He does not, however, identify any purported manifest error by this court or make any showing of new facts or legal authority that he could not have raised in his January 10, 2025 statement. (Id.; 1/10/25 Statement (Dkt. # 18).)

8 Therefore, the court DENIES Mr. McDermott’s motion for reconsideration (Dkt. # 24).

9 Dated this 3rd day of March, 2025.

A 12 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge