United States of America v. Veralrud et al

Filing 5

ORDER of RECUSAL signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 6/5/2013. Due to conflict of interest, Senior Judge William B. Shubb is RECUSING himself and this action is REASSIGNED to Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. for all Further Proceedings. Clerk shall make appropriate adjustment in assignments and all pending dates before Judge Shubb are hereby VACATED. (Marciel, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
NO. CIV. 2:13-01090 WBS DAD

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Plaintiff,
ORDER OF RECUSAL

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v.
GUY G. VERALRUD; LEE A.
VERALRUD; SUNRISE BANK OF
CALIFORNIA; and COUNTRYWIDE
HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP,

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Defendants.
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Because the spouse of one of my law clerks owns a small

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amount of stock in the parent corporation of one of the corporate

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defendants in this action, I must recuse myself from this case

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for the reasons stated in Amstadter v. Bank of America, Civ. No.

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2:09-2826, 2009 WL 5206640 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2009).

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that law clerk is presently on maternity leave, so that not all

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the considerations discussed in that opinion may apply, because

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she will likely return before final disposition of this action
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Although

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prudence dictates recusal now rather than waiting until after I

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may have made decisions in this case and recusing later.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court

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reassign this case to another judge for all further proceedings,

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making appropriate adjustments in the assignments of civil cases

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to compensate for such reassignment.

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the undersigned are hereby vacated.

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DATED:

June 5, 2013

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All dates pending before