Legal Opinion
In Re: v. Martinez Catala
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 1997No. 97-1396PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This case comes to us on petition for writ of mandamus directing the district judge to recuse himself in this ease. The district judge denied the motion to recuse without an evidentiary hearing or any detailed submission by the opposing parties. Thus, the raw facts set forth below, and assumed to be true for purposes of this opinion, are largely drawn from the petition for mandamus and related filings by petitioners.
I. BACKGROUND
After the 1992 municipal elections in Florida, Puerto Rico, the candidate for mayor of Florida affiliated with the New Progressive Party…
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