In Re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Recuse. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 25, 2002, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred certain actions to this court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. See In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation, 231 F.Supp.2d 1357 (Jud.Pan. Mult.Lit.2002). This litigation presently consists of nine individual lawsuits.

Upon consolidation of pre-trial proceedings in this court, Plaintiffs agreed to the filing…