Alvarez
Alvarez v. Morris Shea Bridge Company, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SERGIO ALVAREZ, No. 1:24-cv-00723 JLT BAM Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING SECOND MOTION TO
RECUSE
v. (Doc. 37) MORRIS SHEA BRIDGE COMPANY, Defendant. 16 Sergio Alvarez seeks damages against Morris-Shea Bridge Company, Inc. for alleged retaliation. (See generally Doc. 1-3.) Morris-Shea removed the action from Fresno County Superior Court based on diversity of citizenship. (Doc. 1.) On August 30, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion for recusal of the assigned judge. (Doc. 21.) The magistrate judge construed that motion as a request to recuse herself and denied that motion. (Doc. 23.) The magistrate judge reasoned: A magistrate judge must disqualify herself if her “impartiality might be reasonably,” 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), or if she “has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding,” 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(1). “[J]udicial rulings or information…