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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH RAYMOND MCCOY, ) Case No.: 1:12-cv-000983-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION v. ) FOR RECONSIDERATION AND

DISQUALIFICATION

STRONACH, et al., ) ) (Doc. Nos. 258, 272) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Joseph Raymond McCoy is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 30, 2020, Plaintiff filed a declaration of bias and/or prejudice of the undersigned. (ECF No. 258.) Then, on November 2, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration of the Magistrate Judge’s October 15, 2020, order granting in part Defendants’ motion to extend the dispositive motion deadlines. (ECF Nos. 262, 272.) The Court construes Plaintiff’s motion as a motion for the undersigned to recuse or disqualify himself from this matter. A request for recusal or motion to disqualify falls under 28 U.S.C. §…