Sentences with phrase «recused in»

First up, a New York judge has recused himself in the case of Floyd v. Cosi, a discrimination suit in which a former employee alleged Cosi showed bias against Floyd's race, age and disability in firing him from the restaurant chain.

In a second case, someone forged a California solo practitioner's name, bar number, and electronic filing account to file motions requesting that the practitioner be recused in a high - profile lawsuit against four technology companies.

In response to the questions that many players have sent, we will mark Justice Scalia as recused in all cases not yet decided for this term.

«Mr. Agata should have recused himself in early February, at the very latest, when it became publicly known that JCOPE's own rules had been blatantly violated inside the governor's chambers in 2014 while he was there — but he didn't.

The Hamburg man facing charges for posting a sign opposing the state's gun control law will get another day in court after a second town judge recused himself in the case.

He said the judge had recused herself in past matters involving the board of education.

The argument is that, while Sessions has recused himself in matters related to Russian interference in the election, that recusal does not give Rosenstein, in his supervisory role toward the Special Prosecutor, the power to execute AG authority (in that supervisory role), except in those areas where Sessions recused himself.

Rosenstein has overseen the Trump - Russia investigation since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself in March; he appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the investigation.

He has repeatedly called Sessions — who recused himself in March from all matters relating to the 2016 campaigns and the Russia investigation after it emerged that he had not disclosed his conversations with Kislyak — a «weak» attorney general, and urged the DOJ and Republicans to investigate Clinton and the Democrats for their alleged «collusion» with the Russians.

The president once again railed against Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, for recusing himself in the Russia inquiry, and blasted the F.B.I. for failing to investigate Hillary Clinton, «where there are crimes.»

Stevens supported his argument by citing Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., [39] where the Court held that $ 3 million in independent expenditures in a judicial race raised sufficient questions about a judge's impartiality to require the judge to recuse himself in a future case involving the spender.

Schneiderman also said local district attorneys who would prefer to recuse themselves in such cases, so as to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest, can not currently do so.

Glenn Choolokian's campaign wants both the Republican and Democratic commissioners in the Niagara County Board of Elections to recuse themselves in the counting of absentee ballots in the Democratic mayoral primary.

If a conflict is discovered, she said, researchers must recuse themselves in a process that's also overseen by EPA's ethics officials.

Chuck's interrogation of Dollar Bill does not go as planned, and political pressure mounts for him to recuse himself in the face of a protracted legal battle.

Sunday's post quoted Eugene Volokh to the effect that on current evidence there is no case, not even close, for Judge Gonzalo Curiel to recuse himself in the Trump University litigation.

I noted a few days ago efforts to mandate judges recuse in instances where a party, attorney, or law firm contributed to the judge's campaign.

Justice Stephen Breyer occasionally recuses himself in insurance cases, because he is financially involved in an insurance syndicate.

While recusing himself in Floyd v. Cosi, 14 - cv - 3772, Weinstein denied Cosi summary judgment but gave it permission to renew the motion before another judge, after discovery was conducted «under close supervision of the magistrate judge.»

[12] A pre-hearing conference was held on April 30, 2012, at which the appellant's counsel again requested that the arbitrator recuse himself in light of new information.

Scalia had famously failed to to recuse himself in a 2004 case involving his friend and hunting partner Vice President Dick Cheney.

Peter Smith J has since been referred to the Office for Judicial Complaints for his failure to recuse himself in this case.

Not exact matches

The president said it was a «terrible mistake» for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

«If reports are accurate that Attorney General Sessions — a prominent surrogate for Donald Trump — met with Ambassador Kislyak during the campaign, and failed to disclose this fact during his confirmation, it is essential that he recuse himself from any role in the investigation of Trump campaign ties to the Russians,» said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

«It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general can not, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump - Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately,» Franken said.

This particular case also has the rare chance to end in a tie; Elena Kagan will recuse herself from the case because she worked on it from 2009 to 2010, when she was the US» solicitor general.

In March, Sessions recused himself from the ongoing investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, due to his role as an advisor on the Trump campaign.

Musk has recused himself from voting on the deal, but that doesn't stop him from doing media interviews, where he claims he expects a two - thirds majority in favor of the merger.

Sessions has been a target of Trump's ire since he recused himself last March from the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 US election, following reports that he was not forthcoming during his Senate confirmation hearing about his contacts with Russian officials during the campaign.

In response to questions about whether Sessions» involvement in requesting the OIG review violated the scope of his recusal, a DOJ representative said, «The AG is not recused from personnel and misconduct issues related to the management of the department.&raquIn response to questions about whether Sessions» involvement in requesting the OIG review violated the scope of his recusal, a DOJ representative said, «The AG is not recused from personnel and misconduct issues related to the management of the department.&raquin requesting the OIG review violated the scope of his recusal, a DOJ representative said, «The AG is not recused from personnel and misconduct issues related to the management of the department.»

7th US Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor, was questioned intensely about her Catholic faith as a result of past writings expressing her beliefs on whether Catholic judges should recuse themselves from death - penalty cases if they believed they would be unable to impartially uphold the law, writing that — in limited situations — judges should step back in cases that conflict with their personal conscience.

Though he subsequently recused himself from the panel's Russia investigation, Nunes continued to maintain a critical role in its day - to - day activities relating to the investigation.

In addition to those events, investigators will also likely ask Trump about his heightened anger toward attorney general Jeff Sessions, who recused himself from the Russia probe last year.

The New York Times reports that this week Comey met with the Deputy Attorney General — Rod Rosenstein, who is standing in for the recused Sessions on the Russia matter, and who wrote the memo justifying the Comey firing — to request a significant increase in personnel and resources for the Russia investigation.

And since Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself from the investigation, Rosenstein is acting in that capacity.

(Sessions is recused from oversight over the probe, but a new attorney general wouldn't necessarily be — and could rein it in.)

In a show of good faith, Musk, who is the chairman and biggest investor in both companies, recused himself from voting on the deal at the Tesla board meetinIn a show of good faith, Musk, who is the chairman and biggest investor in both companies, recused himself from voting on the deal at the Tesla board meetinin both companies, recused himself from voting on the deal at the Tesla board meeting.

Given his level in the White House and broad portfolio, it's hard to see how he will recuse himself from everything that may impact his financial interest.»

Both in private and in public (and on Twitter), Trump has mocked and harshly criticized Sessions since he recused himself from oversight of the Russia probe, in an apparent effort to pressure him into resigning.

Sessions» decision to recuse himself from the Russia probe left Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in charge, and angered the president, who has said if he knew in advance Sessions would do that, he would have picked someone else.

The Justice Department told Bloomberg in a statement that Sessions will make decisions on recusing himself from certain parts of the Cohen probe on a «matter - by - matter» basis.

(In light of his role on Facebook's board, Andreessen recused himself after Oculus's founders began negotiations with Zuckerberg in earnestIn light of his role on Facebook's board, Andreessen recused himself after Oculus's founders began negotiations with Zuckerberg in earnestin earnest.)

In a tweet on Wednesday morning, he called the Russia investigation «Fake & Corrupt» and referred to Mueller as the «most conflicted of all,» except for Deputy Atty. Gen. Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel's work because Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions recused himself.

The president is mad at Sessions, of course, because of Sessions's decision to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Levandowski announced that he was recusing himself from his role for the duration of the Alphabet litigation, and handing over the reins to then second - in - command at the self - driving department, Eric Meyhofer.

Rosenstein is, in fact, the man who is overseeing the Mueller investigation after his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself from any investigation into Russian meddling because of his role in President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

That's in spite of the fact that Levandowski — still an executive at Uber — has asserted his Fifth Amendment rights and has now recused himself from work on all lidar - related operations at Uber.

Randal Quarles, who is the Fed's vice chairman for supervision, has recused himself from participating in matters involving Wells Fargo.

Attorney General Jeff Session's decision to recuse himself from a federal investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 election already has caused a deep rift in his relationship with Trump.

These responsibilities include: (i) fostering processes that allow the Board to function independently of management and encouraging open and effective communication between the Board and management of the Company; (ii) providing input to the Chairman on behalf of the independent Directors with respect to Board agendas; (iii) presiding at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman is not present, as well as regularly scheduled executive sessions of independent Directors; (iv) in the case of a conflict of interest involving a Director, if appropriate, asking the conflicted Director to leave the room during discussion concerning such matter and, if appropriate, asking such Director to recuse him or herself from voting on the relevant matter; (v) communicating with the Chairman and the CEO, as appropriate, regarding meetings of the independent Directors and resources and information necessary for the Board to effectively carry out its duties and responsibilities; (vi) serving as liaison between the Chairman and the independent Directors; (vii) being available to Directors who have concerns that can not be addressed through the Chairman; (viii) having the authority to call meetings of the independent Directors; and (ix) performing other functions as may reasonably be requested by the Board or the Chairman.