Obas v. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC et al

Filing 36

ORDER of recusal. Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando recused. This case shall be transferred to the next assigned Magistrate Judge in the Fort Myers Division. Signed by Magistrate Judge Carol Mirando on 7/6/2017. (LS)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
RONALD OBAS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:17-cv-150-FtM-99CM

RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL
COMPANY, LLC and WILLIAM
JESKE,
Defendants.
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court upon sua sponte review of the docket.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §455(a), “[a]ny justice, judge, or magistrate judge of the United
States shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might
reasonably be questioned.” Importantly, “the benefit of the doubt must be resolved
in favor of recusal.” Murray v. Scott, 253 F.3d 1308, 1310 (11th Cir. 2001).
ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby
ORDERED:
The Honorable Carol Mirando is hereby RECUSED from the instant case.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on this 6th day of July, 2017.

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