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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATHAN HILL, No. 2:19-cv-1680 DAD AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion to remove the magistrate judge and court clerk from this action. ECF No. 67. The motion is addressed to the district judge assigned to this case. Id. at 2. The court construes the motion as one seeking recusal. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be denied. I. MOTION TO RECUSE In support of plaintiff’s motion to recuse, he argues that the undersigned and the court clerk improperly refused to update his current address and are not following law regarding sending legal mail to prisons. See generally ECF No. 67 at 2. Plaintiff cites to prison regulations, a prison operations manual, California case law, and federal law, arguing that they support his allegations and thus his recusal request. Id. at 3-4. He asks the court to make certain that the new magistrate…