Ou-Young
Ou-Young v. Busby
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KUANG-BAO PAUL OU-YOUNG,
Case No. 24-cv-08545-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISQUALIFY MARK B. BUSBY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 14 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff has brought an Ex Parte Motion to Disqualify Judge (“Motion”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(1). Under that section a judge “shall . . . disqualify [themself] . . . [w]here [they have] a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding.” In the Motion, Plaintiff asserts that the undersigned is biased because he ordered a competency examination in a prior criminal action, 17-cr-0263- MMC, United States District Court, N.D. Cal. (“Criminal Case”). Plaintiff reasons that because he did not defend on the basis of insanity in that case, the Court’s order for him to undergo a competency examination amounted to a conspiracy with the United States…