Curtin v. St. Lucie County Sheriff Pretrial

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 19-14442-CIV-MARRA/MAYNARD LAWRENCE F. CURTIN, Plaintiff, v. ST. LUCIE COUNTY SHERIFF PRETRIAL, Defendant. ee ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO RECUSE (DE 4) THIS CAUSE comes before this Court upon the above Motion. Having considered the Motion where the Plaintiff seeks the recusal of the undersigned judge, this Court finds as follows: 1. Two statutes provide the grounds for recusal:

28 U.S.C. § 455

and 28 U.S.C. § 144. The first statute requires an affidavit of the judge’s personal (i.e., extra-judicial) bias or prejudice, and the…