Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANCISCO AURTURO KOBEL, No. 2: 21-cv-0841 JAM KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER PAUL THOMPSON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding with an application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. On December 21, 2021, the undersigned granted respondent’s motion to dismiss and judgment was entered. (ECF Nos. 15, 16.) On January 7, 2021, petitioner filed a motion for evidentiary hearing and reconsideration of the December 21, 2021 order. (ECF No. 17.) In the January 7, 2021 motion, petitioner contends that he is “uncomfortable” with the undersigned “not recusing himself…” (Id. at 2.) Petitioner suggests that the undersigned is biased against petitioner based on his former employment in the Department of Justice. (Id.) The undersigned construes petitioner’s January 7, 2021 motion to contain a request for recusal of the undersigned. The applicable recusal statute, 28 U.S.C. §…