1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CHARLES B. JONES, Case No. 19-cv-07944-EMC 8 Petitioner, ORDER 9 v. Docket No. 11 10 R. C. JOHNSON, 11 Respondent. a 12

13 Petitioner has filed a motion for a statement of reasons why Judge Koh disqualified herself

v 14 || from this action. Petitioner’s motion is DENIED. Docket No. 11. “Judges are ‘under no

15 || obligation to provide a statement of reasons for recusal,’ and typically do not make any record G16 || when, as here, they recuse themselves sua sponte.” United States v. Casas,

(1st

= 17 Cir. 2004) (citation omitted); see also Hampton v. City of Chicago,

(7th

18 Cir. 1981) (same). Judge Koh issued only one order in this case: the order recusing herself. She 19 || was not obliged to explain why she recused herself in this action, nor will the undersigned request 20 || her to do so now. 21 22 IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 24 Dated: February 13, 2020 25 LL 26 fr ED M. CHEN United States District Judge 28