WOODSON v. ENGLISH

Filing 7

ORDER denying 6 MOTION to Object to Order(s). Signed by JUDGE RICHARD SMOAK on 5/24/2013. (jem)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
PANAMA CITY DIVISION
ISAAC LOVELL WOODSON,
Petitioner,
v.

CASE NO. 5:13-cv-115-RS-GRJ

N.C. ENGLISH, WARDEN FCI MARIANNA,
Respondent.
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ORDER
Before me is Petitioner’s Second Formal Objection to the Order(s) of the
Magistrate Judge Gary R. Jones (Doc. 6), which shall be construed as a motion to
disqualify Magistrate Judge Jones. As Judge Jones stated in his Order denying
Petitioner’s first motion for recusal (Doc. 5), participation in earlier judicial proceedings
involving Petitioner is not sufficient to require a judge’s recusal. Jaffe v. Grant, 793 F.2d
1182, 1189 n.4 (11th Cir. 1986). In his motion, Petitioner does not identify any facts that
Judge Jones may know that create bias or prejudice against him. Noel v. United States, 12
F.Supp.2d 1300, 1306 (M.D. Fla. 1998). “[R]ecusal cannot be based on ‘unsupported,
irrational or highly tenuous speculation.’ ” United States v. Cerceda, 188 F.3d 1291, 1292
(11th Cir. 1999). Therefore, Petitioner’s motion is DENIED.
ORDERED on May 24, 2013.
/s/ Richard Smoak
RICHARD SMOAK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE