Buckel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MYCHAL REED, Case No. 1:23-cv-01431-ADA-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR RECUSAL OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE

v. (ECF No. 12) BUCKEL, et al., Defendants. 12 Plaintiff Mychal Reed (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint has not yet been screened. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for recusal of the undersigned from his case, filed October 23, 2023. (ECF No. 12.) Plaintiff states that after a careful and honest review of the undersigned’s case files, he does not believe he can have a fair complaint process or trial with the undersigned presiding. Plaintiff, after conferring with other inmate litigants, also does not believe he can have a fair complaint process with the undersigned presiding. Plaintiff also attaches a letter directed to the Chief District Judge raising more general concerns regarding the…