Allen v. Washington State Department of Corrections

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 GREGORY ALLEN, CASE NO. C23-5746 BHS 8 Plaintiff, ORDER 9 v. 10 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 11 Defendant. 12 13 This matter is before the Court on plaintiff Gregory Allen’s motion for 14 reconsideration, Dkt. 11, of the Court’s Order dismissing with prejudice Allen’s 42

15 U.S.C. § 1983

claim against the State of Washington, because the State is not a “person” 16 for purposes of § 1983. Dkt. 9 at 5. 17 Allen argues, as he did in opposing the State’s motion to dismiss, that Washington 18 deemed…