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A federal appeals court said it took the extraordinary step this week of removing a judge in the middle of a criminal trial because the judge’s conduct showed bias against the prosecutors.
A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals explained today why, three days earlier, it ordered U.S. District James Holderman off the trial of a man facing drug charges. Their opinion blasted Holderman for his abuse of discretion and hostility toward prosecutors.
“No reasonable person would fail to perceive a significant risk that the judge’s rulings in the case might be influenced by his unreasonable fury toward the prosecutors,” the panel wrote.
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