Tag Archives: 28 U.S.C. § 455(a)

Ninth Circuit Reassigns a Case Where the Judge and Defendant Formerly Clerked Together for the Same Ninth Circuit Judge

In Creech v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for the District of Idaho, No. 24-4455 (9th Cir. Oct. 16, 2024), the Ninth Circuit grants mandamus to remove a district court judge in a case where the judge admitted a long-term friendship with one of the defendants, going back to when they were Ninth Circuit clerks. This comesContinue reading “Ninth Circuit Reassigns a Case Where the Judge and Defendant Formerly Clerked Together for the Same Ninth Circuit Judge”

Judicial Internet Search into Possible Perjury Criticized by Fifth Circuit as “Improper,” But Ultimately Not a Basis for Recusal

In United States v. Brocato, No. 20-40624 (5th Cir. July 9, 2021) (per curiam), the panel affirms denial of a recusal motion, despite “that certain statements of the district court judge were ill-advised and certain actions of her staff were improper.” Defendants, a married couple who ran a lawn service business together, were convicted ofContinue reading “Judicial Internet Search into Possible Perjury Criticized by Fifth Circuit as “Improper,” But Ultimately Not a Basis for Recusal”