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Nature of Suit Code: 320
Nature of Suit: Assault, Libel, and Slander
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal Libel,Assault,Slander

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

LINDA ANN WRIGHT, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

PETRA KUHFAL, BRIAN OGDEN CRAIG, 

M.D., NANCY CRAIG, KIM S. ERVIN, 

KUSUM STOKES, PATRICIA FITZGERALD, 

SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL, and DANIEL 

DEWSNUP, D.O., M.S., 

 Defendants. 

Case No: C 09-5752 SBA 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR RECUSAL

Docket 14 

Plaintiff pro se, Linda Ann Wright, has filed a “Motion of Recusal.” (Docket 14.) Under 

28 U.S.C. § 144, if “the judge before whom the matter is pending has a personal bias or prejudice 

either against him or in favor of any adverse party, such judge shall proceed no further . . . .” Under 

28 U.S.C. § 455(a), “[a]ny ... judge ... shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his 

impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” Under both recusal statutes, the salient question is 

whether a reasonable person with knowledge of all the facts would conclude that the judge’s 

impartiality might reasonably be questioned. Pesnell v. Arsenault, 543 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir. 

2008). Here, Plaintiff seeks this Court’s recusal solely on the basis that certain of the Defendants 

may be located the same building where this Court is located. Plaintiff has not presented a 

cognizable basis for recusal under either section 144 or 455(a). Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT Plaintiff’s Motion of Recusal is DENIED. This Order 

terminates Docket No. 14. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated:1/11/10 ____________________________ 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WRIGHT et al, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

KUHFAHL et al, 

 Defendant. 

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Case Number: CV09-05752 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District 

Court, Northern District of California. 

That on January 12, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said 

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing 

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle 

located in the Clerk's office. 

Linda Ann Wright 

4579 Cummings Road 

Eureka, CA 95503 

Dated: January 12, 2010 

 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk 

 

 By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk 

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