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### GLD - 185 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

___________ No. 13

- 1842

___________ IN RE: J ASON COLLURA ,

Petitioner

____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

(Related to Civ. No. 12

- cv - 04398)

____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.

April 4, 2013 Before: FUENTES, FISHER and GREENBERG , Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed : April 12, 2013 )

_________ OPINION

_________ PER CURIAM Jason Collura petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the District Court Judge to recuse himself from presiding over Collura’s civil rights action. For the reasons below, we will deny the petition. The procedura l history of this case is well known to the parties and need not be discussed at length. Briefly, Collura filed a civil rights action in the Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County. The defendants removed the matter to the District Court

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for the Ea stern District of Pennsylvania. Collura subsequently filed a motion for recusal wh ich the District Court denied. The writ of mandamus will issue only in extraordinary circumstances. See Sporck v. Peil , 759 F.2d 312, 314 (3d Cir. 1985). As a preconditio n to the issuance of the writ, the petitioner must establish that there is no alternative remedy or other adequate means to obtain the desired relief, and the petitioner must demonstrate a clear and indisputable right to the relief sought. Kerr v. U

. S

. Di st

. Court , 426 U.S. 394, 403 (1976). M andamus is available to review a District Court’s refusal to recuse pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(a),

see Alexander v. Primerica Holdings, Inc. , 10 F.3d 155, 163 (3d Cir. 1993)

. Under 28 U.S.C. § 455, a judge should re cuse if his impartiality might reasonably be questioned or he has a personal bias. A litigant’s displeasure with the District Court’s legal rulings is not an adequate basis for recusal. Securacomm Consulting, Inc. v. Securacom Inc. , 224 F.3d 273, 278 (3d Cir. 2000). “[O]pinions formed by the judge on the basis of facts introduced or events occurring in the course of the current proceedings, or of prior proceedings, do not constitute a basis for a bias or partiality motion unless they display a deep

- seate d favoritism or antagonism that would make fair judgment impossible.” Liteky v. United States , 510 U.S. 540, 555 (1994). Here, it is clear from Collura’s motion for recusal that he is simply displeased with the District Court’s legal rulings denying his motion to remand the matter to the state court and requiring him to file an amended complaint deleting inappropriate language. Collura has not shown a

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clear and indisputable right to have the District Court Judge recuse himself from the
matter. For the a bove reasons, the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied.