Leon H. Brody v. President & Fellows of Harvard College

Appellant Leon Brody was denied employment as a librarian in defendant’s library system. Claiming that age discrimination was the basis for his rejection, he retained an attorney and ultimately sued in the district court under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. After a trial without a jury, the court entered judgment for defendant. Plaintiff brings this appeal pro se.

Appellant’s first and principal point is that the district judge, who graduated from defendant Harvard College, was disqualified by 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), which provides that a judge recuse himself if “his impartiality might…