Court Opinion

ID: 9491336
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 14:11:16.64427+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:54:40.501284
License: Public Domain

BAUER, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent. No good purpose would be served by going on at length-the matter is presently moot — but I do not think that Judge Kocoras had to recuse himself. And if it was not required, it would have been wrong to do so.
The opinion points out that the two proceedings discussed were “separate proceedings”. It also properly finds that the knowledge the judge obtained by visiting the Hoover trial did not require his recusal. For me, that ends the inquiry.
The son did not appear before Judge Ko-coras in this (or any other) case. The cases were distinct and Judge Kocoras denied the motion to recuse. I disagree that a reasonable person could question his impartiality. He was right not to grant the motion to recuse; we were wrong to compel it.