Buttercase v. Jeffreys

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA JOSEPH JUAN BUTTERCASE, Petitioner, 8:18-CV-131 vs. ORDER SCOTT R. FRAKES, Director, Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, Respondent. This matter is before the Court on the petitioner's motion (filing 64) to recuse presiding Senior District Judge Richard G. Kopf, on grounds of alleged bias or prejudice. See 28 U.S.C. § 144; see also 28 U.S.C. § 455. The motion has been referred to the undersigned for disposition. See Akins v. Knight,

863 F.3d 1084, 1086

(8th Cir. 2017), cert. denied,

138 S. Ct. 992

(2018).1 The petitioner's…