Tyler Revels v. Holly, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Northern District of California denied Tyler Revels’s motion for reconsideration of the court’s order granting summary judgment to Defendants in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. The court held that Revels did not establish any grounds for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e), and that service of filings at an incorrect prison mailing address did not cause manifest injustice because he received and opposed the summary judgment motion. The case remains closed.

Holdings

1. Reconsideration was unwarranted because Plaintiff neither argued nor demonstrated any of the recognized grounds for altering or amending the judgment: manifest error of law or fact, newly discovered or previously unavailable evidence, manifest injustice, or an intervening change in controlling law.
2. Service of Defendants' pleadings at P.O. Box 6000 rather than P.O. Box 7000 did not constitute manifest injustice warranting reconsideration because Plaintiff received the summary-judgment motion and was not shown to have been prejudiced.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Plaintiff was entitled to reconsideration under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) based on Defendants' service of filings at an allegedly incorrect address.
2. Whether the address error constituted manifest injustice warranting reconsideration of the order granting summary judgment.

Disposition

other