In Re: Bulger v.

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• recognizing that a direct supervisor, “such as Chief of Criminal Division, is more immediately accountable for the actions of his own section than the United States Attorney is,” with a correspondingly immediate difficulty in remaining impartial toward a defendant
• noting that “defendant has made no claim that Judge Stearns has in fact demonstrated any bias in his handling of the case”
• “Applying the mandamus rule to the substantive recusal standard thus requires a doubly deferential re‐ view: relief for the defendant is only warranted if it is ‘clear and indisput‐ able’ that no reasonable reading of the record supports a refusal to recuse.”
• “Applying the mandamus rule to the substantive recusal standard thus requires a doubly deferential re‐ view: relief for the defendant is only warranted if it is ‘clear and indisput‐ able’ that no reasonable reading of the record supports a refusal to recuse.”
• “Applying the mandamus rule to the substantive recusal standard thus requires a doubly deferential re‐ view: relief for the defendant is only warranted if it is ‘clear and indisput‐ able’ that no reasonable reading of the record supports a refusal to recuse.”
• “The recusal standard must be more demanding” to prevent parties from judge shopping.

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