Opinion
Civil Action No. 06-cv-01810-PSF.
August 10, 2007
ORDER OF RECUSAL
This case involves an appeal by Creditor Allen-Graugott, Inc. ("A-G") of a judgment and orders issued by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado disallowing A-G's claims in Debtors Steve Sandoval and Ann Kremski-Sandoval's Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. It has come to the Court's attention after reviewing the pleadings in the underlying bankruptcy proceeding that the undersigned district judge's former law firm, Burns Figa Will, P.C., has represented debtors in various matters, including a state court lawsuit brought by A-G against debtors that involved similar claims to those decided here by the Bankruptcy Court. The Court has also learned that Burns Figa Will, P.C. is listed as an unsecured creditor in the underlying bankruptcy proceeding. In light of the above and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455, the undersigned district judge must recuse himself from this case due to his ongoing buy-out arrangement with Burns Figa Will, P.C., and the fact that his wife is a shareholder of that law firm. The Clerk of the Court is directed to reassign this case to another district judge by random draw.