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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NICHOLAS A. UCCI, ) Case No. 2:15-CV-08386-CAS-KES 11 ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S v. ) MOTION TO DISQUALIFY THE ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE PURSUANT

LOS ANGELES POLICE ) TO 28 U.S.C. §§ 144, 455

DEPARTMENT, ET AL., ) ) 16 Defendant ) ) 18 I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND Plaintiff Nicholas A. Ucci filed this action for alleged violations of his constitutional rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 27, 2015. ECF No. 1. The case was eventually assigned to United States Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott. ECF No. 44. Since filing his initial complaint, Ucci—who is incarcerated and appearing pro se—has filed seven amended complaints attempting to allege facts sufficient to plead civil rights claims. See ECF Nos. 13, 19, 25, 67, 73, 77, 130. Ucci filed his seventh amended complaint, the operative pleading in this case, on May 24, 2019. ECF No. 130…