Opinion
Case No. 6:08-cv-1686-Orl-31KRS.
January 20, 2010
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the Motion for Recusal (Doc. 87) filed by Defendants City of Orlando and Nahoum Daniel. The motion is hereby GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to reassign this matter to another judge.
In the future, I will attempt to recuse myself sua sponte from any excessive use of force cases involving any member of the Orlando Police Department or the department itself. It is not possible for the Court to receive notice of all such cases automatically, however, and in some cases it may not be clear at the outset that the plaintiff is asserting an excessive force claim. If the City believes I am unintentionally continuing to oversee a case that contains an excessive force claim, it should so notify the Court. DONE and ORDERED in Chambers, Orlando, Florida.
To be clear, I do not intend to automatically recuse myself in every matter involving the Orlando Police Department, only those involving allegations of an excessive use of force.