Difference between revisions of "Karma prevails and Recusal Motion ensues"

Just four days before the date set for the jury trial, the judge’s staff assistant informed the parties that there would not be a court reporter available to transcribe the proceedings and that they could not continue the trial for another date even if the parties were unable to secure their own court reporter in time. “The judge was basically putting herself in a position of power with the ability to manipulate the outcome of the jury trial and we would have no transcript for an appeal,” McMaster explained. “Both the right to appeal and right to a fair trial by an impartial jury are safeguards against judicial impropriety.”

The defendant (represented by McMaster) had already deposited over $190,000 into the Court’s Registry before November of this year, making it mathematically impossible for the plaintiff to be entitled to all money already in the Registry and for the defendant to owe an additional $30,000 in rent through December 31.