Rice
Rice v. City and County of San Francisco
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division ALLISON BARTON RICE, Case No. 19-cv-04250-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. DISQUALIFICATION
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Re: ECF No. 66 FRANCISCO, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff moved to disqualify the undersigned on the ground that the record shows an actual or perceived bias.1 The court can decide the motion without oral argument. N.D. Cal. Civ. L. R. 7-1(b). The court denies the motion. 21 GOVERNING LAW A judge “shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably questioned.” 28 U.S.C. § 455(a); Reddy v. Nuance Commc’n, Inc., No C 11-05632 PSG, 2012 WL 6652490, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 20, 2012) (setting forth the standards applied in this order). 26 27 1 Mot. – ECF No. 66. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations Because the…