LEE MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, INC., 2:16-cv-901-FtM-38MRM. (2017)
Court: District Court, M.D. Florida
Number: infdco20170420a96
Visitors: 15
Filed: Apr. 19, 2017
Latest Update: Apr. 19, 2017
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon sua sponte review of the file. The undersigned finds a conflict of interest regarding her spouse's recent change in employment that requires her to recuse from this case. See 28 U.S.C. 455(b)(4) (requiring judges to disqualify themselves when they know their spouse "has a financial interest in . . . a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the out
Summary: ORDER 1 SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL , District Judge . This matter comes before the Court upon sua sponte review of the file. The undersigned finds a conflict of interest regarding her spouse's recent change in employment that requires her to recuse from this case. See 28 U.S.C. 455(b)(4) (requiring judges to disqualify themselves when they know their spouse "has a financial interest in . . . a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outc..
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ORDER1
SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon sua sponte review of the file. The undersigned finds a conflict of interest regarding her spouse's recent change in employment that requires her to recuse from this case. See 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(4) (requiring judges to disqualify themselves when they know their spouse "has a financial interest in . . . a party to the proceeding, or any other interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding"); see also 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) (requiring a judge to "[her]self in any proceeding in which [her] impartiality might reasonably be questioned"); Murray v. Scott, 253 F.3d 1308, 1310 (11th Cir. 2001) ("[T]he benefit of the doubt must be resolved in favor of recusal.").
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
(1) The undersigned is RECUSED from the above-captioned case.
(2) The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to reassign this case to another United States District Judge.
DONE and ORDERED.
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