(PC) Martinez v. Secretary of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CARLOS MARTINEZ, No. 1:22-cv-01170 GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ACKNOWLEDGING MOTION TO

COMMENCE PROCEEDINGS AND RIGHT

13 v. TO DAY IN COURT 14 SECRETARY OF CALIFORNIA (See ECF No. 26 at 1-2)

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

15 AND REHABILITATION, et al., ORDER DENYING REQUEST THAT

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

16 Defendants. GARY S. AUSTIN RECUSE HIMSELF

FROM THESE PROCEEDINGS

17 28 U.S.C. §§ 144, 455 18 (See ECF No. 26 at 3-4) 19

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

20 FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AS

PREMATURELY FILED

21 (See ECF No. 26 at 4) 22

23 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 24 rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 25 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 26 Before this Court is Plaintiff’s motion addressed to the “Chief Judge of the Eastern 27…