DOJ asks 9th Circuit to remove judge from doctor’s criminal case, citing broken mandate
A brief says U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney is "too personally invested" in a 2017 criminal case because of his opposition to the Central District's long-over trial ban.
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A federal judge upset over his colleagues’ decision to prohibit jury trials during the COVID-19 pandemic has twice dismissed a criminal drug distribut…