Johnson v. Barr
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KIRSTIN JOHNSON, et al., Case No. 20-cv-01569-SK (JD)
Plaintiffs,
ORDER RE MOTION TO
v. DISQUALIFY
KIERSTIE BARR, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 26 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Kirstin Johnson, on behalf of herself and as guardian ad litem for her minor children, has sued the City and County of San Francisco and others for civil rights claims arising out of an incident involving San Francisco Police Department officers in January 2019. Dkt. No. 1-1. Johnson’s husband is also a plaintiff. Id. ¶ 12. The case was removed from the California Superior Court on the basis of federal question jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 1. It was randomly assigned to Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim, and all parties consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). Dkt. Nos. 6, 7. As the case ramped up, Judge Kim was asked to decide a protective order dispute. Dkt. No. 25. Defendants produced videos of the incident that featured the minor children,…