Harris

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ZACKARY T. HARRIS, Case No. 19-cv-06648-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

DISQUALIFY

v. Re: Dkt. No. 19 BRENDEN BULLARD, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Now pending before the Court is plaintiff’s motion to disqualify the undersigned judge on grounds of judicial bias and prejudice. Dkt. No. 19. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is DENIED. DISCUSSION Plaintiff has filed a motion to recuse the undersigned judge on the grounds of judicial bias. He argues that there is a probability of actual bias and prejudice on the part of the undersigned judge based on the undersigned’s denial of plaintiff’s request for appointment of counsel and the undersigned’s premature denial of his request for a temporary restraining order.1 Motions to disqualify, or recuse, a judge fall under two statutory…