Holmes v. Chen

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 KIARA HOLMES, Case No. 24-cv-00115-JST 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 9 v. RECUSE 10 STEVE CHEN, et al., Re: ECF No. 84 Defendants. 11 12 13 Plaintiff Kiara Holmes has filed a motion for this Court to recuse. ECF No. 84. The Court 14 will deny the motion. See Civ. L.R. 3–14. 15 Motions to disqualify or recuse a judge fall under two statutory provisions, 28 U.S.C. 16 § 144 and 28 U.S.C. § 455. Section 144 provides for recusal where a party files a timely and 17 sufficient affidavit averring that the judge before…