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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHEN FAVIS, Case No. 2:25-cv-1083-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER MICHAEL JOSEPH FAVIR, Defendant. 16 17 On May 9, 2025, I recommended that plaintiff’s first amended complaint be dismissed without leave to amend for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, observing that the amended complaint, like the original, neither stated a federal claim nor established diversity jurisdiction.1 ECF No. 5. Plaintiff has now filed a motion asking that I recuse from this case. ECF No. 6. The applicable recusal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 455, provides that “[a]ny justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” 28 U.S.C. § 455(a). A judge shall also disqualify himself or herself when the judge has “a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party . . . .” Id. § 455(b)(1). The standard for determining whether impartiality…