Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwards
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided January 26, 1999No. Crim.A. 98-165-B-M2PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO RECUSE
POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.
All defendants except Gregory Tarver have filed motions to recuse Chief Judge Frank J. Polozola and all of the other judges in the Middle District of Louisiana for various reasons. In a short memorandum ruling, the court denied the motions to recuse Judge Polozola and found the motions to recuse the other judges of the Middle District moot. 1 The court now assigns its reasons for denying the motions to recuse. 2
I. BACKGROUND
Two separate motions to recuse Judge Polozola were filed in this case. In one motion, Edwin W. Edwards, Stephen…
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