Legal Opinion
In Re: Terry Taylor
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 2005No. 05-2357PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Terry Taylor seeks Judge Philip G. Re-inhard’s disqualification from presiding over a criminal case pending against Taylor because Judge Reinhard has twice been a defendant in civil cases filed by Taylor. Prior to trial, Judge Reinhard denied Taylor’s motion for disqualification under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a). We agree with Judge Reinhard that he was not required to disqualify himself from presiding over Taylor’s case, and accordingly deny Taylor’s petition for writ of mandamus. Because we have not previously addressed a situation where a litigant sought disqualification under…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Frank Peter Balistrieri, Steve Disalvo, and Dennis Librizzi, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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- George Del Vecchio, Cross-Appellee v. Illinois Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Abraham Gladney, Jr. v. Pendleton Correctional Facility and Indiana Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- George C. Hook v. The Honorable Joe Billy McDade Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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3Cited by42 opinions
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