Civil Litigation,
Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 29, 2019
US judge won’t recuse himself from shipyard cleanup fraud case
The federal judge handling multiple lawsuits accusing a Navy contractor of engaging in massive fraud in the cleanup of a toxic San Francisco shipyard has refused to recuse himself from the case.
The federal judge handling multiple lawsuits accusing a Navy contractor of engaging in massive fraud in the cleanup of a toxic San Francisco shipyard has refused to recuse himself from the case.
U.S. District Judge James Donato disagreed with Tetra Tech EC that he "prejudged the evidence" and "already decided" the company inappropriately billed the government for services it did not perform, according to an order filed Friday.
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