ORDER

MOTION TO STRIKE OR DENY (ECF NO. 405)

CAM FERENBACH, Magistrate Judge.

Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Strike, or Alternatively Deny, Defendant's Filing Title "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior." (ECF No. 405). For the reasons stated below, the Government's motion to deny the "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior" is granted.

On February 23, 2018, Defendant filed a document titled "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior." (ECF No. 401). Though the title does not indicate that it is a motion, Defendant requested that the Court take judicial notice of certain facts and that "The Chief District Judge for the District of Nevada [] reassign different judges to this case." (Id. at 10).

On March 2, 2018, the Government filed a motion to strike or deny Defendant's "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior." (ECF No. 405). The Government argues that Defendant improperly requests the "Court to take judicial notice of conclusory assertions."1 (Id. at 2-3). In opposition, Defendant asserts "[t]he entire purpose of this Judicial Notice was to demonstrate the clear Bad Behavior of the judges." (ECF No. 407 at 2).

The Court finds that Defendant's "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior" is not a proper motion for the Court to take judicial notice of the circumstances Defendant cites. "The court may judicially notice a fact that is not subject to reasonable dispute," Fed. R. Evid. 201(b), "including documents on file in federal or state courts," Harris v. Cty. of Orange, 682 F.3d 1126, 1132 (9th Cir. 2012). While Defendant includes lengthy quotes from the docket in this case, Defendant does not merely ask the Court to acknowledge that the quotes exist. Defendant asks the Court to interpret these statements and their impact on the case. (ECF No. 401 at 3-10). These findings would be subject to reasonable dispute, and are not the proper purpose of a motion to take judicial notice. To the extent that Defendant seeks to disqualify or challenge the judges assigned to this case, Defendant must file a proper motion rather than a "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior."

While the Court finds no merit in Defendant's "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior," it is unnecessary to strike the filing. The Court will, as the Government proposes in its alternative request for relief, construe the "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior" as a motion and deny the motion.

ACCORDINGLY, and for good cause shown,

IT IS ORDERED that the Government's Motion to Strike, or Alternatively Deny, Defendant's Filing Title "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior" (ECF No. 405) is GRANTED. Defendant's "Judicial Notice of Bad Behavior" is hereby denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.