NJ Federal Judge Won't Recuse in Contract Case vs. Med Mal Expert
"Were this insubstantial relationship a basis for recusal, recusals would be legion, and there would be a veritable merry-go-round of transfers from one judge to another with the court," U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda Dunn Wettre said.
September 25, 2018 at 03:21 PM
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A federal judge has declined to recuse from a contract case, dismissing claims from the plaintiff's lawyer that she was too pointed in her questioning of him during prior oral arguments and that a professional relationship with an attorney from another firm disqualifies her.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Leda Dunn Wettre of the District of New Jersey denied the recusal motion Monday in Estate of Grieco v. National Medical Consultants.
Wettre, sitting in Newark, said claims by an attorney for the plaintiff-estate, Morristown solo Caesar Brazza, were unfounded and based largely on expectations of an unfavorable ruling on a motion to disqualify him.
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