Freeman v. Clark County, Nevada et al

Filing 4

ORDER denying without prejudice 3 ex-parte motion to reassign magistrate judge. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brenda Weksler on 1/7/2025. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MAM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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Yausmenda Freeman,

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Case No. 2:25-cv-00006-JAD-BNW
Plaintiff,

v.

ORDER

Clark County, Nevada, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Before the court is pro se Plaintiff’s ex parte motion to reassign magistrate judge. ECF

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No. 3. Having considered the motion, the undersigned is not persuaded that she must recuse from

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this case. As Plaintiff points out, 28 U.S.C. § 455 requires judges to recuse in any proceeding in

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which their impartiality might reasonably be questioned. Here, Plaintiff argues that recusal is

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necessary because the undersigned is the magistrate judge in another one of Plaintiff’s cases. The

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two cases involve different defendants, facts, and claims. See ECF No. 3 at 4. Plaintiff’s

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argument, without more, does not explain why the undersigned’s impartiality might reasonably be

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questioned in this case.

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Plaintiff’s ex parte motion to reassign magistrate
judge (ECF No. 3) is DENIED without prejudice.

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DATED this 7th day of January 2025.

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BRENDA WEKSLER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE