Frank Ragozzine v. Youngstown State University

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

In this employment discrimination case brought by a male professor who was denied tenure at a public university, the plaintiff — after summary judgment was entered against him — sought recusal of the federal district judge, on the ground that the judge had been dating a professor in a different department of the university. The district court denied the motion and the plaintiff now challenges on appeal both the grant of summary judgment and the denial of the recusal motion. For the reasons given by the court below, the plaintiffs substantive challenges to the…