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· 3/12/2014

In re: Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.

Citations

  • 755 F.3d 891
  • 2014 WL 948510
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 4619

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • determining that “a judge . . . should not recuse himself on unsupported, irrational, or highly tenuous speculation” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
  • determining that “a judge . . . should not recuse himself on unsupported, irrational, or highly tenuous speculation” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
  • denying petition for writ of habeas corpus because “the mere fact that Judge Coogler [the district judge] teaches at a university that has chosen to memorialize Judge Vance [a judge the petitioner was convicted of murdering] does not mandate recusal.”
  • “A judge, having been assigned to a case, should not recuse himself on unsupported, irrational, or highly tenuous speculation.”
  • “[A] judge, having been assigned to a case, should not recuse himself on unsupported, irrational, or highly tenuous speculation.”
  • de- termining that “a judge . . . should not recuse himself on unsup- ported, irrational, or highly tenuous speculation” (citation and quo- tation marks omitted)

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Judges: Wilson, Martin, Jordan

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