Dang
Dang v. Pontier
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH DANG, an individual doing Case No.: 3:19-cv-01519-LL-AHG business as LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH
DANG, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S
MOTION FOR RECUSAL Plaintiff / Counter-Defendant,
14 v. [ECF No. 199] 15 DAVID PONTIER, et al.,
16 Defendants / Counter-Claimant. 17 18 19 Before the Court is Defendant David Pontier’s (“Defendant”) Motion for Recusal. ECF No. 199. The Court finds the matter suitable for submission without oral argument pursuant to CivLR 7.1(d)(1). ECF No. 201. I. BACKGROUND In his motion, Defendant requests that the undersigned recuse from the instant interpleader case, as well as the related civil case. ECF No. 199 at 13; see Pontier v. GEICO, et al., No. 21cv199-LL-AHG (S.D. Cal.). Defendant seeks this Court’s recusal because (1) the undersigned is a member of the State Bar of California, (2) the undersigned is biased regarding the merits of the interpleader case and has violated…