Does a judge have to recusal from a motion where a witness in a personal injury case was a close friend of the judge?
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The following excerpt is from Carolina Cas. Ins. Co. v. Helsley, CASE NO. 1:10-cv-916-LJO-MJS (E.D. Cal. 2010):
party was the brother of an acquaintance of the judge. See Clay v. Doherty, 608 F.Supp. 295, 300 (N.D.Ill. 1985) (judge's acquaintance with witness who shared mutual and close friends did not require recusal where encounters between the two had been sporadic such that a reasonable observer would not doubt judge's ability to remain impartial).
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