Jordan v. Midland Funding, LLC

Filing 3

ORDER of recusal. The undersigned is recused from this case. The Clerk of Court is directed to reassign this case pursuant to its normal procedures.Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington recused. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 12/16/2016. (KAK)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
JOSEPH JORDAN,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 8:16-cv-3430-T-33AAS

MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC,
Defendant.
______________________________/
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. The
record reflects that Plaintiff is represented by a family
member

within

undersigned.

the

third

Thus,

in

degree

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accordance

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to

U.S.C.

the
§

455(b)(5)(ii) (“[Sh]e shall also disqualify h[er]self in the
following circumstances . . . [sh]e or h[er] spouse, or a
person within the third degree of relationship to either of
them, or the spouse of such a person . . . [i]s acting as a
lawyer in the proceeding . . .”), the undersigned recuses
herself from this matter.
Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED:
(1)

The undersigned is recused from this case.

(2)

The Clerk of Court is directed to reassign this case
pursuant to its normal procedures.

DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Tampa, Florida, this
16th day of December, 2016.

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