Robinson v. Gregory

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• noting that the certificate of counsel requirement prevents abuse of Section 144
• “holding certification by member of the bar is necessary to prevent abuse of recusal procedures”
• pro se party could not obtain recu-sal under § 144 because he could not com ply with strict requirement for certificate of good faith by counsel
• pro se party could not obtain recusal under § 144 because he could not comply with strict requirement for certificate of good faith by counsel
• \The statutory language of Section 144 appears to prevent a pro se litigant from using Section 144 to obtain disqualification of the presiding judge\
• If pro se litigants are allowed to use § 144, the “essential safeguards of counsel’s certificate of good faith is lost.” Pro se litigants can raise exactly the same issues under § 455 and “all they will lose is the automatic disqualification that occurs under [§] 144.”

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