(PC) Vargas v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOMINIC (AKA DIAMOND) VARGAS, Case No.: 1:20-cv-000083-JLT-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RECUSAL

v. (Doc. 77) CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION, et al.,

Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Dominic Vargas is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. INTRODUCTION On October 11, 2024, Plaintiff filed a document titled “Request Orders by Judge Baker be Vacated, Request to Appoint a New Judge to Case, Request for New Judge to Consider Motions.” (Doc. 77.) The Court construes Plaintiff’s filing, in part, to be a motion for recusal. II. DISCUSSION Plaintiff’s Request Briefly stated, Plaintiff asserts the undersigned did not have the authority to resolve the Order Denying Plaintiff’s Request for Counsel or the Order Denying Plaintiff’s Request for Subpoenas and Order Denying Plaintiff’s Motion for 90 Day Extension of…