United States Second Circuit

Class-action plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandamus reversing an opinion and order of the district court denying plaintiffs' motion for recusal under 28 U.S.C. section 455 is denied, the district court having expended substantial judicial time in handling actions at issue before the recusal motion was made, and because no appearance of bias exists.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2002
• Published 04/10/2002

Judges

• POOLER, Circuit Judge., Before: POOLER and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and GARAUFIS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harold R. Tyler, Jr.,Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP, New York, NY, Special Counsel for Petitioners-Appellants.