· 3/12/2014
In re: Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.
Citations
- 755 F.3d 891
- 2014 WL 948510
- 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 4619
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- 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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