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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES J. ISON and THE ISON LAW No. 2:21-cv-01546-MCE-KJN

FIRM, PC,

12 Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v.

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO,

ETHAN P. SCHULMAN, THE

JUDICIAL COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA,

TANI G. CANTIL-SAKAUYE,

MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY,

MERCURY CASUALTY COMPANY,

CALIFORNIA AUTOMOBILE

INSURANCE COMPANY, RANDALL

R. PETRO, TARA L. STRONG, KERN

SEGAL & MURRAY, PHILIP A.

SEGAL, BRYANA S. McGUIRK, TODD

P. DRAKEFORD, MICHAEL S.

THOMAS, GRACE M. HARRIET,

STUART D. DIAMOND, STUART

DIAMOND LAW & MEDIATION

OFFICE, STACEY DIAMOND-GARCIA

and DOES 1 TO 25, Defendants. 25 Through the present case, Plaintiffs James J. Ison and his firm, The Ison Law Firm PC (“Plaintiffs”) seek relief from allegedly erroneous rulings issued by Defendant Ethan P. Schulman, a state court judge with Defendant Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, in litigation stemming from the mediation of a personal…