Eric Esquire Deters v. Judge Michael Barret, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied Eric Esquire Deters’s motion for reconsideration under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). Although the court found no basis to reconsider its dismissal for lack of standing, immunity, and implausibility, it vacated and ordered sealed its prior opinion and judgment to correct an inaccurate statement regarding Deters’s Kentucky law-license status.

Holdings

1. Deters was not entitled to reconsideration because he did not demonstrate clear error of law, newly discovered evidence, an intervening change in controlling law, or a need to prevent manifest injustice.
2. Although the factual error did not justify reconsideration of the dismissal, the court vacated and sealed the prior memorandum opinion and judgment and ordered issuance of corrected documents.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Deters established a basis for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e).
2. Whether the court should vacate and correct its prior memorandum opinion and judgment because they inaccurately described the status of Deters's Kentucky law license.

Disposition

vacated