Bayer

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JEFFREY BAYER, Case No. 22-cv-07440-AMO

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

9 v. DISQUALIFY

10 CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN Re: Dkt. No. 57

FRANCISCO,

11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Jeffrey Bayer, who is not represented by counsel, moves to disqualify the 14 undersigned from presiding over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 144. 15 Section 144 provides:

16 Whenever a party to any proceeding in a district court makes and files a timely and sufficient affidavit that the judge before whom the 17 matter is pending has a personal bias or prejudice either against him or in favor of any adverse party, such judge shall proceed no further 18 therein, but another judge shall be assigned to hear such proceeding.

19 The affidavit shall state the facts and the reasons for the belief that bias or prejudice exists, and shall be filed not less than ten days 20 before the beginning of the term at which the proceeding is to be…