U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans/photo by Mike Scarcella / ALM 'Not a Close Question': 5th Circuit Trump Pick Faced Recusal Bid in Voting Case
An order Friday in a legal-fee fight in a major voting rights case said the dispute would be heard in front of a different three-judge panel. The plaintiffs had urged S. Kyle Duncan, who participated in the case as an amicus counsel, to recuse.
April 23, 2021 at 03:56 PM
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Judge S. Kyle Duncan, appointed by former President Donald Trump to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, appears to have stepped aside Friday from hearing a dispute between Texas and voting rights lawyers over nearly $7 million in attorney fees in a major civil rights case.
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