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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREGORY BISI, et al., No. 2:24-cv-03173-TLN-CKD (PS) Plaintiffs, v. ORDER AND CHI SOO KIM, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendant. 16 Plaintiffs Gregory Bisi and Laurie Bisi paid the filing fee and initiated this civil action without counsel. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiffs filed their complaint in the present action on November 15, 2024, alleging the sole defendant, Magistrate Judge Chi Soo Kim, violated their rights by issuing orders and findings and recommendations in another case plaintiffs filed in this court.1 (ECF No. 1.) The present complaint is barred by the doctrine of judicial immunity, is otherwise without merit, and should be dismissed without leave to amend. I. Legal Standard This court may dismiss claims without merit on the court’s own motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). See Omar v. Sea-Land Serv.,…