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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN SCALIA, individually and as No. 1:17-cv-01097-NONE-JLT successor-in-interest of Decedent KIMBERLY MORRISSEY-SCALIA, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR REASSIGNMENT AND

Plaintiff, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION

v. (Docs. 115, 121) COUNTY OF KERN, et al.,

Defendants. 17 INTRODUCTION On October 8, 2020, the undersigned, as a Magistrate Judge, issued findings and recommendations regarding John Scalia’s motion for spoliation sanctions against several defendants. On December 22, 2021, District Judge Dale A. Drozd adopted those findings in part and directed the parties to meet and confer to establish a schedule for further briefing on the issue of spoliation sanctions against only the County of Kern. (Doc. 111.) Following that order, the case was reassigned to the undersigned, who was elevated to the position of District Judge. (Doc. 113.) County of Kern filed a motion for reconsideration of Judge…