In re Bulger’s Empirical Analysis
710 F.3d 42 · 2013
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 455
Relies on Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia · United States v. Scholl · United States v. Flemmi · Brooks v. New Hampshire Supreme Court
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“[In judging a motion’for recusal under § 455(a),] the district court is not to use the standard of “Caesar’s wife,” the standard of mere suspicion. In re United States, 666 F.2d [690,] 695 n.*[ (1st Cir. 1981) ]. That is because the disqualification decision must reflect not only the need to secure public confidence through proceedings that appear impartial, but also the need to prevent parties from too easily obtaining the disqualification of a judge, thereby potentially manipulating the system for strategic reasons, perhaps to obtain a judge more to their liking.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nor does our own ruling require that Judge Stearns’s March 4 order [on the issue of immunity] (or any other, save the one under review) be vacated. The defendant is free to respond to that order as he sees fit, but nothing we decide here necessarily requires rep-loughing the ground, given the absence of any allegation that Judge Stearns is actually biased.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a reasonable person might question the judge’s ability to preserve impartiality.” Id. at 49 . The ultimate trial judge, Judge Denise. Casper, was assigned, to take over. 6 . On appeal, Bulger suggests that the trial judge mistakenly assumed he intended to assert an all-or-nothing immunity defense for the charged crimes, and, according to Bulger, he”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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