Wilson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL GEARY WILSON, Plaintiff, No. C 20-04160 WHA

v.

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, et al., DISQUALIFY, GRANTING

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

Defendants. FORMA PAUPERIS, AND

DISMISSING COMPLAINT

15 Plaintiff applies to proceed in forma pauperis and files a letter and declaration alerting the undersigned judge to biases and prejudices supposedly disqualifying him (and every judge in this district) from presiding over plaintiff’s case. Starting with the latter, plaintiff perceives incompatibilities between our local rules and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that may, for unrepresented parties not granted access to our electronic-filing system (ECF), shorten their time to respond to motions relative to those with ECF access. The undersigned judge’s supposed complacency therewith purportedly evidences bias and prejudice against plaintiff. Whenever a party “files a timely and sufficient affidavit that the judge…