(PC)Foster
(PC)Foster v. Burnes
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICKY TYRONE FOSTER, Case No: 1:22-cv-00934-HBK (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION
FOR RECUSAL
v. (Doc. No. 13) J. BURNES and T. CAMPBELL,
Defendants. 16 Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion titled “Mandatory Disqualification or Recusal and Affidavit in Support Thereof (Magaistrate) [sic] Judge: Helena M. Barch-kuchta[,]” filed on July 14, 2023. (Doc. No. 13, “Motion”). Plaintiff brings the Motion under 28 U.S.C. §§ 144 and 455(b)(1). Liberally construed, Plaintiff seeks a recusal of the undersigned. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff’s motion is denied. Recusal of Magistrate Judge Plaintiff’s Motion appears to request that the undersigned recuse herself due to his belief that the undersigned is biased against him. (Doc. No. 13 at 1). This belief is based on the undersigned making findings and issuing rulings against him in this matter and another active prisoner civil rights matter, Foster v.…