(PC)Valencia
Christopher G. Valencia v. Gary S. Austin, Medina, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER G. VALENCIA, No. 1:22-cv-00569-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO DISQUALIFY MAGISTRATE JUDGE
v. GARY S. AUSTIN MEDINA, et al., (ECF No. 27)
Defendants.
16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to disqualify Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin, filed October 10, 2025. (ECF No. 27.) As an initial matter, Plaintiff’s motion is moot as this case was reassigned to Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on October 2, 2025, due to equitable and economical determination of court business. (ECF No. 26.) Nonetheless, Plaintiff’s motion must be denied on the merits. Plaintiff’s seeks disqualification under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), (b)(1). Under 28 U.S.C. § 455, a judge “shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be 25 …