Taylor, et al v. Westly

Filing 210

ORDER of RECUSAL signed by Judge William B. Shubb on 1/23/09. Case randomly assigned to Judge John A. Mendez for all further proceedings. Caption on filed documents shall be 2:01-cv-2407-JAM-GGH. (Engbretson, K.)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 v. JOHN CHIANG, in his official capacity as CONTROLLER OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, and STEVE WESTLY, individually Defendants. ----oo0oo---Because of the ceaseless calumny leveled against the undersigned judge by plaintiffs' attorney William W. Palmer, the undersigned no longer believes it would be fitting for him to continue to preside over this case. Accordingly, the undersigned UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---CHRIS LUSBY TAYLOR, NANCY A. PEPPLE-GONSALVES, GARY KESSELMAN, SUSAN SWINTON, DAWN E. STRUCK AND WILLIAM J. PALMER, on behalf of themselves and other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs,

NO. CIV. S-01-2407 WBS GGH ORDER OF RECUSAL

now hereby recuses himself from all further proceedings in this case and refers the matter to the Chief Judge for reassignment to another judge. 1

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IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: January 23, 2009

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