Stephen Yagman v. Republic Insurance Cna Insurance Valley Forge Insurance

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• concluding that speculative assertions of judge’s motive are insufficient to show judicial bias
• explaining that § 455 “imposes an affirmative duty upon judges to recuse 17 themselves”
• requiring 5 “specific finding of bad faith” before Courts may invoke inherent powers (quoting United 6 States v. Stoneberger, 805 F.2d 1391, 1393 (9th Cir. 1986))
• standard of review; “recusal will be justified either by actual bias or the appearance of bias”
• recusal not warranted under § 144 or § 455 based on mere speculation

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