Spangler v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

ENTRY DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR RECUSAL

TINDER, District Judge.

I. General Background

In the federal courts, a party with a reasonable suspicion that the judge is biased may seek to have the judge removed from the case. In such a situation, the judge is required to retire from the case if “an objective, disinterested observer fully informed of the facts underlying the grounds on which recusal [is] sought would entertain a significant doubt that justice would be done in the case” were the judge to continue. Pepsico, Inc. v. McMillen, 764 F.2d 458, 460 (7th Cir.1985). Indeed, a judge is…