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· 6/11/1996

In Re Kansas Public Employees Retirement System

Citations

  • 85 F.3d 1353
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 13803
  • 1996 WL 309961

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  • stating that § 455 requires “timely action” and that “[m]otions to recuse should not be viewed as .. . additional arrow[s] in the quiver of advocates in the face of [anticipated] adverse rulings.”
  • stating that § 455 requires “timely action” and that “[m]otions to recuse should not be viewed as . . . additional arrow[s] in the quiver of advocates in the face of [anticipated] adverse rulings.”
  • finding no abuse of discretion in denial of recusal where, inter alia, during pendency of litigation judge’s daughter accepted defendant’s offer of employment as associate attorney
  • finding a ten-month delay from the initial awareness of a potential conflict rendered the motion untimely
  • stating a party must “meet the substantial showing necessary to establish a 3 The Court issues a separate order (Doc. #23
  • noting that a judge’s prior position as a partner of a law firm involved in the lawsuit did not raise a question of bias because “the intervening 15 years [were] sufficient to erase any appearance of partiality stemming from [the judge’s] prior firm membership.”

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Judges: Memillian, Gibson, Hansen

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