Ryan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GILDA RYAN, et al., Case No.: 21cv1076-JO(LR)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

v. RECUSAL MOTION [ECF No. 144] COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, et al., Defendants. 16 Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs Gilda and Joseph Ryan’s Recusal Motion, which argues that under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), the undersigned magistrate judge should recuse himself from this case. (ECF No. 144 or “Recusal Mot.”) For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs’ Motion is DENIED. I. RELEVANT FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiffs are residents of Imperial County, proceeding pro se, whose claims arise from the events that unfolded at a Palo Verde Water District board meeting on May 17, 2018, and a subsequent Imperial County Board of Supervisors meeting on June 4, 2019.1

26 1 The factual background and procedural posture of this case are well-known to the parties such that the Court need not describe them at…