What is the standard for determining the impartiality of a judge in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Thomas v. Wilkinson, 1:15-cv-00527-LJO-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The substantive standard is "'[W]hether a reasonable person with knowledge of all the facts would conclude that the judge's impartiality might reasonably be questioned.'" Pesnell, 543 F.3d at 1043 (quoting United States v. Hernandez, 109 F.3d 1450, 1453 (9th Cir. 1997)). However, the bias must arise from an extra-judicial source and cannot be based solely on
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