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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgment

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Michael J. Brosnahan,

 Plaintiff,

v.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly

Washington Mutual Bank, California

Reconveyance Company,

 Defendants.

No. CV 09-08224-PCT-JAT

ORDER

Plaintiff Michael Brosnahan filed a Motion to Vacate and Motion to Recuse (Doc. 56)

on November 5, 2010. Plaintiff claims that the undersigned is personally biased against him

and has financial interest in this action and therefore should recuse himself. Plaintiff further

claims that because the undersigned has been acting with bias, all his prior rulings should be

vacated.

The Court construes Plaintiff’s Motion as a motion to recuse for bias or prejudice

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §144. But because Plaintiff has not submitted a sufficient affidavit, the

Court does not need to stay this case and assign another judge to decide the issue.

Plaintiff obviously strongly disagrees with the undersigned’s prior rulings in this case.

But the fact that the rulings did not go Plaintiff’s way does not demonstrate that the

undersigned has a personal bias against Plaintiff. Nor has Plaintiff shown how the undersigned

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has a financial interest in any of the Defendants. The Court finds that none of the grounds for

disqualification listed in 28 U.S.C. §455 exists and that Plaintiff has not given any adequate

reasons for vacating the prior rulings in this case.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED DENYING Plaintiff’s Motion to Vacate and Motion to Recuse (Doc.

56).

DATED this 16th day of November, 2010.

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