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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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 To the extent Petitioner argues that this Court should have sua sponte recused based

on the Court’s previous rulings against Petitioner, “judicial rulings alone almost never

constitute a valid basis for a bias or partiality motion;” and the Court does not find recusal

to be necessary in this case. See Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 555 (1994) 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Kenneth W. Reed, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Dora B. Schriro, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 04-2755-PHX-JAT

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion to reconsider (Doc. #50) the order on his

motion for relief from judgment (motion at Doc. #41, Order at Doc. #48) is denied. See

Above the Belt, Inc. v. Mel Bohannan Roofing, Inc., 99 F.R.D. 99, 101 (E.D. Va. 1983)

(reconsideration cannot be used to ask the Court “to rethink what the court ha[s] already

thought through”).1

 

DATED this 19th day of August, 2009.

Case 2:04-cv-02755-JAT Document 51 Filed 08/19/09 Page 1 of 1