Judge Aycock takes over Wilson v. Scruggs after Biggers removes himself

Judge Aycock takes over Wilson v. Scruggs after Biggers removes himself

Last week, NMC wrote:

Judge Biggers has just recussed himself in Wilson v. Scruggs. His explanation is interesting. He notes that the only thing he knows about the parties he learned by presiding over their criminal case, and that recusal is not required for things he learns judicially. He notes that the criminal case is over, but “the situation has now developed that substantive pretrial motions have been filed in the civil case while several post-trial motions involving the same defendants have been filed (currently under seal) in the criminal case, U.S. v. Scruggs et al. This situation results in the same judge having motions before him in two cases, one criminal and one civil, involving the same defendants and on issues that may overlap.”

Order here.

Today, the court randomly assigned the case to Aycock:

08/31/2009 CASE REASSIGNED to District Judge Sharion Aycock. (gpk, USDC)