Kandow

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROQUETA Y. BLAND, No. 2:24-cv-2346 DC AC PS Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS KEVIN KANDOW, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding in this matter pro se, and pre-trial proceedings are accordingly referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). Defendant removed the case from state court on August 28, 2024. ECF No. 1. Defendant moved to dismiss this case on September 9, 2024, with a hearing date of November 6, 2024. ECF No. 5. Plaintiff initially did not respond. The court vacated the hearing to be reset as necessary and provided plaintiff an additional 14 days to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition. ECF No. 6. Plaintiff filed an opposition on October 9, 2024, requesting that the hearing be re-set. ECF No. 7. On October 10, 2024, Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley administratively re-assigned the district judge for this case. ECF No. 8. Plaintiff objected to that reassignment and…