Higgins v. District Court for Douglas County et al

Filing 10

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER - that this case is removed from the pro se docket. The clerk's office shall randomly assign new judges to this case and request a reassignment order from Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Higgins's Motion to Recuse (Filing No. 8 ) is denied as moot. Ordered by Senior Judge Richard G. Kopf. (Copy mailed to pro se party) (KLF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
JOSEPH W. HIGGINS,

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Petitioner,
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V.
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DISTRICT COURT FOR DOUGLAS )
COUNTY, et al.,
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Respondents.
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8:16CV433

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Joseph Higgins filed this action (Filing No. 1) on September 15, 2016. The
undersigned is the presiding judge. On December 8, 2016, Higgins filed another case
in this court, naming the undersigned as a respondent. (Case No. 8:16-cv-535.) That
case is presently assigned to United States District Court Judge Robert Rossiter, Jr.
On account of Higgins’s most recent suit in this court, the undersigned will
direct that this case be reassigned.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this case is removed from the pro se
docket. The clerk’s office shall randomly assign new judges to this case and request
a reassignment order from Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Higgins’s Motion to
Recuse (Filing No. 8) is denied as moot.
DATED this 20th day of December, 2016.
BY THE COURT:
s/ Richard G. Kopf
Senior United States District Judge