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No. 14-2062
No. 15-1073
No. 15-1146
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Robert E. Payne, Senior
District Judge (3:14-cv-00648-REP); Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge (3:14-cv-00705-HEH); Robert E. Payne, Senior District
Judge (3:14-cv-00648-REP).
Submitted:
Decided:
November 5, 2015
Before DUNCAN
Circuit Judge.
and
DIAZ,
Circuit
Judges,
and
DAVIS,
Senior
PER CURIAM:
These
consolidated
petitions
for
district
court.
Hunter
relief
appeals
In
the
appeals
before
Nos.
arise
different
14-2062
district
out
and
courts
of
judges
15-1146,
orders
(1)
two
identical
in
the
Chase
same
Carmen
conditionally
for
temporary,
preliminary,
and
permanent
injunctive
request
for
temporary,
preliminary,
and
permanent
injunctive relief.
Hunter first challenges the district courts denials of her
motions
for
temporary
restraining
orders.
Because
we
lack
See Virginia
Co., 332 F.3d 264, 267 (4th Cir. 2003) (providing standard of
review).
the
extent
Hunter
claims
that
the
district
are
circumstances
not
so
complex
warranting
the
as
to
appointment
create
of
courts
Hunters
exceptional
counsel.
See
Whisenant v. Yuam, 739 F.2d 160, 163 (4th Cir. 1984), abrogated
on other grounds by Mallard v. U.S. Dist. Court for the S. Dist.
of Iowa, 490 U.S. 296 (1989).
the
contention
that
the
district
judges
should
have
recused
U.S. 540, 545 (1994) (holding that rulings based on facts in the
proceedings almost never constitute a valid basis for a bias or
partiality motion).
We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this
court
and