In Re Jonathan Cooper and Steven Lynn

Petitioners seek a writ of mandamus compelling Judge Lagueux to disqualify himself from presiding over their criminal trial. Denials of motions to disqualify are reviewable via mandamus, In re United States, 666 F.2d 690, 694-695 (1st Cir.1981); In re Union Leader Corporation, 292 F.2d 381, 384 (1st Cir.1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 927, 82 S.Ct. 361, 7 L.Ed.2d 190 (1961), and relief will be accorded when petitioners show a “clear and indisputable” right to the writ. In passing on such applications, we ask not whether this court would have decided as did the trial court, but whether the trial…