Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. Elgin Pontiac GMC, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 21, 2002No. 99 C 5506PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Before the court is Plaintiffs motion for recusal, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) and 455(b)(1), or, in the alternative, 28 U.S.C. § 144. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs motion is denied.
I.BACKGROUND
The present ease has witnessed much procedural activity, some of which is excerpted to provide a background for the present motion for recusal. In August 1999, Plaintiff filed a five-count complaint against Defendants Elgin Pontiac GMC, Inc. (“Elgin Pontiac”) and Onyx Acceptance Corp. (“Onyx”) seeking relief for an alleged violation of the…
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