Altamirano
Johnson v. Altamirano
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
11 ANTHONY JOHNSON, Case No.: 3:19-cv-01185-H-BLM 12 Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
13 v. MOTION TO RECUSE 14 MANUEL ALTAMIRANO, et al., [Doc. No. 16.] Defendants. 16 17 On August 9, 2019, Plaintiff Anthony Johnson, a pro se litigant, filed a motion to 18 recuse the assigned judge from this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 144 and 455(a). (Doc. 19 No. 16.) On August 9, 2019, the Court took Plaintiff’s motion to recuse under submission 20 and issued a briefing schedule for the motion. (Doc. No. 17.) On September 16, 2019, 21 Defendants filed responses in opposition to Plaintiff’s motion to recuse. (Doc. Nos. 37, 22 38.) On September 23, 2019, Plaintiff filed his replies. (Doc. Nos. 48, 50.) For the reasons 23 below, the Court denies Plaintiff’s motion for recusal. 24 /// 25 /// 26 ///
28 Background On June 24, 2019, Plaintiff Johnson filed a complaint against Defendants Manuel Altamirano, Richard Turner, David Kinney, David Huffman, Paul Tyrell, Sean…