Arthur Edward Ezor v. Jackie Lacey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ARTHUR EDWARD EZOR, ) NO. CV 19-4020-JVS (AGR) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER ACCEPTING FINDINGS AND v. ) RECOMMENDATIONS OF UNITED ) STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE JACKIE LACEY, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) 15 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court has reviewed the complaint, records on file, the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (“Report”) and the Objections. Further, the Court has engaged in a de novo review of those portions of the Report to which the parties have objected. The Court accepts the Report’s findings and recommendations except as set forth below. Plaintiff argues that the Report is void because the magistrate judge is disqualified from this case. The Report states that Plaintiff’s three requests for recusal have been denied in orders dated August 15, 2019, December 5, 2019, and January 7, 2020. (Report at 10 n.5; Orders, Dkt. Nos. 26, 37, 45.) Plaintiff’s objection is…