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Dec. 30, 2016

Miffed judge's remarks not enough to remove him from case

A San Diego federal judge's "numerous disparaging comments" against an attorney for a losing plaintiff who sought a different judge on remand was insufficient to justify reversing the decision, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A San Diego federal judge's "numerous disparaging comments" against an attorney for a losing plaintiff who sought a different judge on remand was insufficient to justify reversing the decision, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.

The panel also said that U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's comments about the 9th Circuit court were a cause for serious c...

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