Warden

(PC) Beeson v. Warden

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaNovember 22, 20242:23-cv-01621California797 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TAYLOR A. BEESON, No. 2:23-cv-1621 DJC CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER WARDEN, F.C.I. HERLONG, et. al., Defendants. 16 On November 20, 2024, plaintiff filed a document which the court construes, in part, as a request that the undersigned recuse. I. Legal Standard: Federal law allows a judge to recuse from a matter based on a question of partiality: Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned. [¶] He shall also disqualify himself . . . [¶] [w]here he has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding . . . . 24 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), (b)(1). A party may seek recusal of a judge based on bias or prejudice: Whenever a party to any proceeding in a district court makes and files a timely…

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