Kraft
Kraft v. Wells Fargo & Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 RUNE KRAFT, Case No. 22-cv-01266-AMO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. DISQUALIFICATION AND VACATUR
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 110 Defendants.
10 Plaintiff Rune Kraft moves to disqualify the undersigned based on Title 28 U.S.C. § 445(a) and (b)(1). Section 455(a) states that “[a]ny justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify [her]self in any proceeding in which [her] impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” Section 455(b) states that the judge “shall also disqualify [her]self . . . [w]here [she] has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.” The same substantive standard applies to each subsection. See United States v. Sibla, 624 F.2d 864, 867 (9th Cir. 1980) (“The test for personal bias or prejudice in section 144 is identical to that in section 455(b)(1) . . . [and] section (b)(1) simply…