Criminal
Jul. 18, 2014
Federal prosecutors seek to get judge removed from case
In a rare government effort to oust a federal judge who ruled for criminal defendants, Central District prosecutors have cited U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II's alleged bias against them in a stash house robbery sting case.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a rare government effort to oust a federal judge who ruled for criminal defendants, Central District prosecutors have cited U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II's alleged bias against them in a stash house robbery sting case.
U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr.'s deputies petitioned the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week to assign the matter to another judge.
Wright, of Los ...
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