Weatherwax v. BNSF Railway Company
Filing
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RECUSAL ORDER - The undersigned Judge shall, and hereby does, recuse himself from the above-designated case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(4). Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp is requested to reassign this case. Ordered by Judge John M. Gerrard. (GJG)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
JEFFREY A. WEATHERWAX,
Plaintiff,
v.
BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, a
Delaware corporation,
Defendant.
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4:10CV3025
RECUSAL ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the Court’s own motion pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 455(b)(4), which states: “Any . . . judge . . . of the United States shall
disqualify himself in any proceeding . . . [where] [h]e knows that he . . . has a
financial interest . . . in a party to the proceeding.” Because I hold stock in
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., and that company controls a party, the undersigned
Judge shall, and hereby does, recuse himself from the above-designated case
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(4).
IT IS SO ORDERED. Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp is requested to
reassign this case.
DATED this 13th day of February, 2012.
BY THE COURT:
s/John M. Gerrard
United States District Judge
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