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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NICHOLAS A. UCCI, ) Case No. 2:15-CV-08386-CAS-KES 11 ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 13 v. ) MOTION TO DISQUALIFY THE ) MAGISTRATE JUDGE PURSUANT 14

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

15 DEPARTMENT, ET AL., ) ) 16 Defendant ) 17 ) 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 20 Plaintiff Nicholas A. Ucci filed this action for alleged violations of his constitutional 21 rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 27, 2015. ECF No. 1. The case was 22 eventually assigned to United States Magistrate Judge Karen E. Scott. ECF No. 44. Since 23 filing his initial complaint, Ucci—who is incarcerated and appearing pro se—has filed 24 seven amended complaints attempting to allege facts sufficient to plead civil rights claims. 25 See ECF Nos. 13, 19, 25, 67, 73, 77, 130. Ucci filed his seventh amended complaint, the 26 operative pleading in this case, on May 24, 2019. ECF No. 130…