Pontier
Pontier v. GEICO Insurance
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID PONTIER, Case No.: 3:21-cv-00199-LL-AHG
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION FOR RECUSAL
GEICO INSURANCE; JP MORGAN [ECF Nos. 104, 105]
CHASE BANK, N.A.; JOSEPH DANG,
15 et al.,
16 Defendants. 17 18 19 Before the Court is Plaintiff David Pontier’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion for Recusal. ECF No. 104; see also ECF No. 105 (memorandum of points and authorities in support of Plaintiff’s motion). The Court finds the matter suitable for submission without oral argument pursuant to CivLR 7.1(d)(1). ECF No. 106. I. BACKGROUND In his motion, Plaintiff requests that the undersigned recuse from the instant case, as well as the related interpleader case. ECF No. 104 at 14; see Dang v. Pontier, No. 19cv1519-LL-AHG (S.D. Cal.). Plaintiff 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…