Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY R. TURNER, 1:18-cv-01574-DAD-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR RECUSAL

OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

v. (ECF No. 31.)

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants. 16 I. BACKGROUND Anthony Turner (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 9, 2019, Plaintiff filed a request for recusal of the Magistrate Judge assigned to this case. (ECF No. 31.) II. RECUSAL OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE Federal law 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). Section (b) of that statute sets forth a number of additional grounds for disqualification, including where the judge “has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party,” “personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts …