Foregger

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHRISTINA FOREGGER, Case No. 24-cv-05701-HSG (JD)

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER RE MOTIONS FOR

9 v. DISQUALIFICATION

10 REDFIN CORPORATION, Defendant. 11

12 13 Pro se plaintiff Christina Foregger filed four requests to disqualify Judge Haywood Gilliam 14 from presiding over her case, Foregger v. Redfin Corp., Case No. 24-cv-05701-HSG. See Dkt. 15 Nos. 44, 46 58, 59. The first request was made on a California state court complaint form and did 16 not specify a federal statute or rule as a basis for disqualification. Dkt. No. 44 at ECF 3-4. The 17 second, third, and fourth requests also did not specify a federal basis for disqualification. Dkt. 18 Nos. 46, 58, 59. Even so, the Court reads the requests with a generous eye in light of plaintiff’s 19 pro se status. Disqualification is denied. 20 The rule in our circuit is that a judge should handle the cases assigned to him or her unless 21 a legitimate reason for disqualification exists. United States v. Holland, 519 F.3d…