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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MICHAEL WINSTON, Plaintiff, v. MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER, COLEMAN, GOGGIN, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

1:09-cv-252-SJM

MEMORANDUM ORDER Michael Winston is a pro se plaintiff prosecuting this and numerous other civil actions before this Court. In six of his pending cases, Plaintiff has filed a document styled as a "Petitioner for Writ of Mandamus" ostensibly directed to the United States Supreme Court in which the "question presented for review" is whether the undersigned should be "disqualified to maintain the integrety [sic] of the federal judicial system." In each of the six relevant cases, the Clerk of Court construed and docketed the petition as a motion to recuse. See Winston v. Riel, et al., No. 1:09-cv-223-SJM (W.D. Pa.) (Doc. No. 9); Winston v. Bauer, et al., No. 1:09-cv-224-SJM (W.D. Pa.) (Doc. No. 12); Winston v. Morgan, No. 1:09-cv-225-SJM (W.D. Pa.) (Doc. No. 17); Winston v. Bradford Window Co., No. 1:09-cv-226-SJM (W.D. Pa.) (Doc. No. 3); Winston v. Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman, Goggin, No. 1:09-cv-252-SJM (W.D. Pa.) (Doc. No. 2); Winston v. Friedline, No. 1:09-cv-253-SJM (W.D. Pa.) (Doc. No. 2). Accordingly, I will likewise construe the document as a motion for recusal. Such matters are governed by 28 U.S.C.

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