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Civil Rights

Apr. 22, 2003

Judge Walker Won't Rule on Bias Recusal, But Steps Aside

SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has decided not to weigh in on whether he should be recused for bias from a police-brutality case brought by environmental protesters against Humboldt County law-enforcement officials.

By Dennis Pfaff
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has decided not to weigh in on whether he should be recused for bias from a police-brutality case brought by environmental protesters against Humboldt County law-enforcement officials.
        Although Walker ind...

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