Stanford v. Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB et al

Filing 9

ORDER of RECUSAL signed by Judge William B. Shubb on 8/11/10 ORDERING the clerk of the court reassign this case to another for all further proceedings. CASE REASSIGNED to US Judge John A. Mendez. The new case number shall be known as 2:10-cv-1763 JAM GGH. (Carlos, 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 GREGG A. STANFORD, Plaintiff, v. OCWEN FEDERAL BANK, FSB, OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, and LASALLE NATIONAL BANK, Defendants. / ----oo0oo---It was not brought to the court's attention until counsel for defendants filed their motion to appear by phone at the hearing on defendants' motion to dismiss that the Bank of America is the successor by merger to defendant LaSalle National Bank Association. Because the spouse of one of my law clerks UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---NO. CIV. 2:10-1763 WBS GGH ORDER OF RECUSAL

owns a small amount of stock in the Bank of America, I must accordingly recuse myself from this case for the reasons stated in Amstadter v. Bank of America, Civ. No. 2:09-2826, 2009 WL 5206640 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2009). 1

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court reassign this case to another judge for all further proceedings, making appropriate adjustments in the assignments of civil cases to compensate for such reassignment. DATED: August 11, 2010

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