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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JASON E. PELLUM, SR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL,

Defendant.

Old Case No. 1:15-cv-00120 LJO DLB PC

New Case No. 1:15-cv-00120 AWI DLB PC

ORDER OF RECUSAL AND 

REASSIGNMENT

Plaintiff Jason E. Pellum, Sr., is a California state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed this action on January 9, 2015. 

A judge must disqualify himself if “his impartiality might be reasonably questioned,” 28 

U.S.C. § 455(a), or if he “is a party to the proceeding . . . ,” 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(5). The objective 

test for determining whether recusal is required is whether a reasonable person with knowledge of all 

the facts would conclude that the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned. United States 

v. Johnson, 610 F.3d 1138, 1147 (9th Cir. 2010) (quotation marks and citation omitted); Pesnell v. 

Arsenault, 543 F.3d 1038. 1043 (9th Cir. 2008). 

In this case, Plaintiff names the undersigned as Defendant. Therefore, the Court deems it 

necessary to disqualify the undersigned. 28 U.S.C. §§ 455(a), (b)(5). 

Accordingly, the undersigned is HEREBY RECUSED and this action is REASSIGNED to 

the docket of District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. The case number to be used on all future filings is as 

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follows:

1:15-cv-00120-AWI-DLB-PC

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 29, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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