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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JARED M. VILLERY, Case No. 1:15-cv-1360-DAD-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISQUALIFY

v. (Doc. No. 151) JAY JONES, ET. AL., Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Jared Villery’s motion to disqualify United States Magistrate Judge and incorporated declaration filed on September 23, 2021. (Doc. No. 151). Defendants have not filed a response and the time to do so as expired. (See docket). For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion to disqualify the undersigned is denied. Background Plaintiff, as a prisoner proceeding pro se, initiated this action by filing a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. No. 1). Plaintiff is proceeding on his First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) filed on May 26, 2017. (Doc. No. 16). The case was re-assigned to the undersigned magistrate judge on November 17, 2020. (Doc. No. 106). Shortly after re-assignment of this …