Opinion
Case No. 3:20-cv-75-KAP
01-29-2021
ROBERT BARD, Petitioner v. VICKIE MOSER, WARDEN, F.C.I. LORETTO, Respondent
Memorandum Order
Petitioner's "Motion Requesting Reconsideration ..." at ECF no. 27, whether it was intended under Rule 59 or Rule 60, is denied without need of a response.
Petitioner does not suggest an intervening change in controlling law or the availability of new evidence and does not show the need to correct a clear error of law or prevent manifest injustice. See Wiest v. Lynch, 710 F.3d 121, 128 (3d Cir.2013)(discussing three purposes of motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e)).
At most, petitioner might have argued that I should have explained why I do not consider Hope v. Warden York County Prison, 972 F.3d 310, 325 (3d Cir. 202o)(holding that immigration detainees' claim, that Covid-19 made unconstitutional the conditions of their confinement in Department of Homeland Security custody at facilities in York County and Pike County, was cognizable in habeas) to confer jurisdiction. To the extent that needs explanation, that is because Hope v. Warden York County Prison addressed claims by immigration detainees, not sentenced defendants, and had no occasion to consider a re-write of habeas law generally that would make Section 3582 superfluous and de facto repeal the Prison Litigation Reform Act provisions discussed in footnote 6. See id., 972 F.3d at 333 n.6. Any argument petitioner may want to make for an expansion of habeas jurisdiction must be made in the Court of Appeals. DATE: 29 January 2021
/s/_________
Keith A. Pesto,
United States Magistrate Judge Notice by ECF to counsel of record and by U.S. Mail to: Robert Bard, Reg. No. 70720-067
F.C.I. Loretto
P.O. Box 1000
Cresson, PA 16630