UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
OBAYDULLAH, )
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Petitioner, )
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v. ) Civil Case No. 08-1173 (RJL)
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BARACK H. OBAMA, et al., )
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Respondents. )
ORDER~
(March Z¥2011)
Now before the Court is petitioner Obaidullah's Motion for Reconsideration made
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e). See Notice of Filing, Dec. 30, 2010,
ECF No. 106. Petitioner makes three arguments as to why the Court should reconsider
its ruling denying Obaidullah's writ of habeas corpus. After consideration of the
pleadings, the relevant law, and the entire record, petitioner's motion is hereby DENIED
for the following reasons.
'" [A] district court should not grant a motion for reconsideration unless the
moving party shows new facts or clear errors of law which compel the court to change its
prior position.'" Abdah v. Obama, No. 04-cv-1254, slip op. at 1 (D.D.C. June 14,2010)
(quoting Nat 'I Ctr.far Mfg. Scis. V Dep't afDe!, 199 F.3d 507, 511 (D.C. Cir. 2000)).
Accordingly, "[a] motion for reconsideration should be granted only if the court 'finds
that there is an intervening change of controlling law, the availability of new evidence, or
the need to correct a clear error or prevent manifest unjustice." Nat 'I Sec. Archive v.
C.I.A., 584 F. Supp. 2d 144, 146 (D.D.C. 2008) (quoting Firestone v. Firestone, 76 F.3d
1205, 1208 (D.C. Cir. 1996).
Review of the pleadings and record demonstrate that Obaidullah has failed to meet
the standard required by Rule 59(e). Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED that petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration is DENIED.
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SO ORDERED.
RICHA . ON
United States District Judge