Legal Opinion
In Re: Bulger v.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 14, 2013No. 12-2488PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
James Bulger, the defendant in the federal criminal prosecution underlying this petition, 1 asks us to issue a writ of mandamus to require reversal of the district court’s order denying a motion for recusal of the judge currently assigned to preside in the case. With great respect for the trial judge, we nonetheless grant the petition, because it is clear that a reasonable person would question the capacity for impartiality of any judicial officer with the judge’s particular background in the federal prosecutorial apparatus in Boston during the period covered by the…
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