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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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ORDER – No. 17-cv-05548-RS (LB)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

DAVID KHAN, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JUSTIN ROGERS, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-05548-RS (LB)

ORDER DENYING DEMAND FOR 

CHANGE OF JUDGE

Re: ECF No. 86

Plaintiffs David Khan and Nay Zar Tun Kyaw have filed a demand for change of judge,1

which arguably can be construed as a motion for the undersigned to be recused or disqualified 

from this case.

“Any justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United States shall disqualify himself [or 

herself] in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” 28 U.S.C. 

§ 455(a). “He [or she] shall also disqualify himself [or herself] . . . [w]here he [or she] has a 

personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts

concerning the proceeding[.]” 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(1). “The test for disqualification is an objective 

one: ‘whether a reasonable person with knowledge of all the facts would conclude that the judge's 

 

1 Pls. Demand for Change of Judge – ECF No. 86. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case 

File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of documents.

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impartiality might reasonably be questioned.’” Quinn v. Centerplate, No. 14-cv-01254 NC, 2014 

WL 2860666, at *3 (N.D. Cal. June 23, 2014) (quoting United States v. Nelson, 718 F.2d 315, 321 

(9th Cir. 1983)).

The plaintiffs’ demand does not establish that the undersigned has a personal bias or prejudice 

that satisfies the reasonable-person standard. Accordingly, the plaintiffs’ demand that the 

undersigned be recused or disqualified and the plaintiffs receive a “change of judge” is denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 28, 2018

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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