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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
6 RONALD E. PIERCE,
CASE NO. 1:13-cv-00178-AWI-SMS
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ORDER TRANSFERRING VENUE TO THE SACRAMENTO DIVISION OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
v. 9 STEPHEN KANE, et al., 10 Defendants. 11
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12 On February 5, 2013, Plaintiff Ronald E. Pierce filed a complaint against various 13 defendants, including judges of the Fifth District Court of Appeal for the State of California. 14 “Any justice, judge or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in 15 any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” 28 U.S.C. § 455(a). 16 Because the judges of the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California maintain personal 17 and professional relationships with local state court judges, including the judges of the Fifth 18 District Court of Appeal for the State of California, the judges of the Fresno Division must 19 recuse themselves from this case to avoid any appearance of such partiality. 20 Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS this case TRANSFERRED to the Sacramento 21 Division of the Eastern District of California. 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 26
Dated: 0m8i78
March 8, 2013 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE
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Case 1:13-cv-00178-AWI-SMS Document 3 Filed 03/01/13 Page 1 of 1 1 2 3
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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RONALD E. PIERCE,
) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ) vs. ) ) ) STEPHEN KANE, et al., ) ) ) Defendants. ) ____________________________________)
Old Case No. 1:13-cv-178 AWI GSA New Case No. 1:13-cv-178 AWI SMS ORDER DISQUALIFYING MAGISTRATE JUDGE
14 Good cause appearing, the undersigned disqualifies himself from all proceedings of 15 the present action. The Clerk of the Court has reassigned this action to the docket of 16 Magistrate Judge. The new case number shall be 1:13-cv-178 AWI SMS. All future 17 pleadings shall be so numbered. Failure to use the correct case number may result in delay in 18 your documents being received by the correct judicial officer. 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 Dated: 22
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March 1, 2013
/s/ Gary S. Austin UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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Stephen J. Hillman SJ CV13-02488 BRO (SJx)
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