Gates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STANLEY H. SOLVEY, No. 1:19-cv-01444 JLT GSA (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

TO DISQUALIFY MAGISTRATE JUDGE

S. GATES, et al., (ECF No. 99) Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. An order recommending that Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment be denied and that Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment be granted is pending. ECF No. 95 (pending findings and recommendations). Before this Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Disqualify Magistrate Judge. ECF No. 99. For the reasons stated below, the motion will be denied. 26 27 28 I MOTION TO DISQUALIFY Plaintiff brings the Motion to Disqualify pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 144 and 455. ECF No. 99 at 1. …