(PC)Ramirez
(PC)Ramirez v. Khale
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ISRAEL MALDONADO RAMIREZ, 1:22-cv-01653-ADA-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
TO RECUSE
KHALE, et al., (Doc. No. 17) Defendants.
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s second motion for the undersigned to recuse herself as the United States Magistrate Judge from this action. (Doc. No. 17). Plaintiff, a prisoner, has a pro se complaint pending, which he filed on December 30, 2022. (Doc. No. 1). The complaint has not yet been screened under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The two-page motion is disjointed. Plaintiff states “the Magistrate Judge has to be dismissed for the cause of litigating for my case.” (Doc. No. 17 at 1). Plaintiff requests that the “District Judge (ADA)” “carry out orders.” (Id.). Whether a federal judge must recuse oneself is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 455. Title 28 U.S.C. § 455 provides that a “magistrate judge shall disqualify [herself] in any proceeding in which [her] impartiality…