Bennett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 PAMELA BENNETT; JAMES Case No. 23-cv-01140-BAS-BLM

BENNETT,

ORDER:

Plaintiffs, 15 (1) DENYING EX PARTE v. APPLICATION FOR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., RECONSIDERATION 17 (ECF No. 117); AND Defendants. 18 (2) DENYING MOTION FOR 19 RECUSAL (ECF No. 124)

21 Presently before the Court are Plaintiffs Pamela and James Bennett’s Ex Parte Application for Reconsideration (ECF No. 117) and Motion for Recusal (ECF No. 124). Defendants oppose the Ex Parte Application. (ECF Nos. 118–20.) No additional briefing on the Motion for Recusal is necessary. Further, the Court finds these matters suitable for determination on the papers submitted and without oral argument. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 78(b); Civ. L. R. 7.1(d)(1). For the following reasons, the Court denies Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Reconsideration and denies their Motion for Recusal. I. Background Plaintiffs Pamela and James Bennett are self-represented. This action is the…