Opinion
1:20-cv-00967-JLT-BAK (EPG) 1:20-cv-00967-JLT-BAK (BAM)
06-03-2022
ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. KINSALE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. NEW YORK MARINE AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. KINSALE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Arkansas corporation, Defendant. TRC OPERATING COMPANY, INC., a California corporation, TRC CYPRESS GROUP, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, Real Parties in Interest.
ORDER OF RECUSAL
BARBARA A. MCAULIFFE, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 455, disqualification of the magistrate judge to whom this case is temporarily referred is appropriate in this matter.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the undersigned recuses herself from all proceedings in this present action. The pending Status Conference currently set on June 8, 2022, before Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe is HEREBY VACATED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall temporarily refer this action to the docket of Magistrate Judge Erica P. Grosjean until such time as a new Bakersfield magistrate judge is appointed. The new case number shall include the temporary magistrate judge's initials as follows: 1:20-cv-00967-JLT-BAK (EPG). All future pleadings shall be so numbered. Failure to use the correct case number may delay receipt of documents by the appropriate judicial officer.
IT IS SO ORDERED.