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Fajitagate: Judge Bybee Declines to Recuse Himself / Motion for Reconsideration Filed

February 11, 2008

BYBEE WON'T RECUSE HIMSELF IN FAJITAGATE EXCESSIVE-FORCE CASE

By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 4.

SAN FRANCISCO - Federal appellate Judge Jay S. Bybee has denied a plaintiffs' motion to recuse himself from hearing an excessive-force appeal in a notorious case involving a sack of steak fajitas.

Motion to Recuse Judge Jay S. Bybee from hearing "Fajitagate" Appeal

On February 13, beginning at 9:30, Dennis Cunningham, along with attorney John Scott, will argue the appeal of Fajitagate victims Jade Santoro and Adam Snyder in front of a special session of the Ninth Circuit, at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall.