Pleadings and Motions
Procedural Motions
Reconsideration is generally limited to correcting clear error, presenting newly discovered evidence, or addressing an intervening change in controlling law. It is not a vehicle for relitigating decided issues.
Local rules frequently impose short deadlines.
Alternative Names:
Reconsideration Motion, Motion to Reconsider
Why it Matters?
Courts deny these motions at high rates because most simply reargue the original position, and filing one that does costs credibility on the next motion. The grounds that succeed are intervening authority and genuinely new evidence that could not have been presented earlier. Where a ruling rests on a factual misunderstanding, identifying the specific misapprehension with a record citation is the version most likely to be granted.
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What grounds succeed?
Why are most denied?
