Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 17, 2012
US attorney seeks rare recusal of senior judge in LA
The U.S. attorney's office has picked a rare fight with a sitting federal judge by seeking his recusal from a drug smuggling case where mandatory minimum sentencing became a sticking point.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. attorney's office has picked a rare fight with a sitting federal judge by seeking his recusal from a drug smuggling case in which mandatory minimum sentencing became a sticking point.
Federal prosecutors allege in a recusal motion - the only such filing in the Central District in recent memory - that U.S. District Judge J. Spencer Letts inappropriately interfered wit...
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