appearance-of-impropriety
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-7555 | Rickey Lynch v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-05-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | abuse-of-discretion appearance-of-impropriety civil-procedure due-process federal-defender judicial-ethics judicial-recusal procedural-review right-to-counsel standard-of-review | Should a court of appeals review a judge's denial of a motion to recuse de novo or for an abuse of discretion? Did Judge Brown himself created the ap… |
| 21-1257 | Brian K. Evans, as Administrator of the Estate of Helen Marie Bousquet v. Ronald A. Marvin, et al. | Massachusetts | 2022-03-16 | Denied | appearance-of-impropriety conflict-of-interest due-process interests-of-justice judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-misconduct medical-malpractice recusal | 1. Was it appropriate for a judge to conceal that he was married to a doctor admitted to practice in the very hospital Plaintiff was suing in a medica… | |
| 21-6777 | Carol Garrard, et al. v. Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, et al. | Ninth Circuit | 2022-01-07 | Denied | IFP | appearance-of-impropriety civil-rights due-process first-amendment in-forma-pauperis judicial-conduct judicial-disqualification judicial-ethics paupers-penalty standing | 1. Neither an allegation of infra-judicial acts of bias, nor proof of acts of bias, is an 'essential element ' of the appearance of impropriety, and i… |
| 20-8343 | Joseph Jenkins v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-06-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appeal appearance-of-impropriety appellate-procedure constitutional-review due-process judicial-bias laws-of-case mandate-rule panel-composition sentencing | On third direct appeal, did the fractionally different appellate Panel plainly err by failing to force district court compliance (mandate rule) with t… |
| 18-577 | David Netzer v. Shell Oil Co., et al. | Federal Circuit | 2018-11-02 | Denied | Response WaivedRelisted (2) | appearance-of-impropriety civil-procedure conflict-of-interest disclosure due-process judicial-ethics judicial-impartiality procedural-fairness recusal res-judicata | Premise of the Question: A Federal Judge is a Board member and Board advisor of a major social organization. The defendant in a case being heard by th… |
| 18-5850 | In Re Christopher D. Schneider | 2018-08-31 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appearance-of-impropriety civil-rights courthouse-access discrimination due-process economic-status first-amendment judicial-bias mandamus retaliation self-censorship standing | Does Mr. Schneider have a right to both the appearance and actuality of neutrality; and does mandamus he when that fundamental right is going to be mo… |