Opinion
2:24-cv-321-SPC-NPM
04-11-2024
T.R., MELANIE REILLY, and SHANE REILLY, Plaintiffs, v. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE SCHOOL BOARD OF LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA, STEPHAN CATO, KYLE BURCHFIELD, ALEX CARCIOPPOLO, ROBERT HINSON, CHRISTOPHER CHAPELL, ROBERT BUTZ and CHRISTOPHER S. BERNIER, PH.D, Defendants.
ORDER
TIMOTHY CORRIGAN, CHIEF JUDGE
Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Original Verified Complaint. (Doc. 1). A judge must recuse herself “in any proceeding in which [her] impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” 28 U.S.C. § 455(a). A judge must also disqualify herself in certain situations like having personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding or having a family member named as a party. Id. § 455(b). To avoid the appearance of partiality or impropriety, the undersigned must recuse. The Court will also recommend that the Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida review this case for reassignment to other district and magistrate judges outside the Fort Myers Division.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED
1. The undersigned is RECUSED from this action.
2. The Clerk is DIRECTED to send a copy of this Order to Chief United States District Judge Timothy Corrigan for him to consider reassigning this action to other district and magistrate judges outside the Fort Myers Division.
DONE and ORDERED .