U.S. v. CERCEDA

Nos. 94-5017, 95-4610 to 95-4613, 95-4617, 95-4618, 95-4626, 95-4628 to 95-4635, 95-4659, 95-5244, 95-5298, 95-5369, 95-5566, 96-4584, 96-5043 and 96-5067.

139 F.3d 847 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Angel CERCEDA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Courtney Ricardo ALFORD, a.k.a. "Rickey," Edward Bernard Williams, a.k.a. "Bernard," Nathaniel Dean, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hector FERNANDEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jesus E. CARDONA, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carlos HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Adolfo MESTRIL, a.k.a. "El Gordo," Jose Herminio Benitez, a.k.a. "William Muniz," a.k.a "Emilio," Heriberto Alvarez, Elpidio, Pedro Iglesias-Cruz, a.k.a. "Budweiser," Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Minnie Ruth WILLIAMS, Ralph W. Corker, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hiram MARTINEZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Angel CERCEDA, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Diogenes PALACIOS, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred DE LA MATA, Manuel A. Calas, Oscar Castilla and Enrique Fernandez, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Steven JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Francisco Jose ARIAS, Gustavo Javier Pirela-Avila, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Enrique ACOSTA, Milciades Jiminez, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carlos A. ZAPATA, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jose Michael VILARINO, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victor LONG, Israel Abel, Miguel Campos, Jose Visozo, Narcisco Suarez, and Oscar Karin, a.k.a. Mas, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Javier BONILLA, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Diogenes PALACIOS, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Zaida Fatima BORGE, a.k.a. Gorda, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Francis Joseph BRADLEY, a.k.a. Frank Bradley, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jaime A. DURANGO, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Zaida Fatima BORGE, a.k.a. Gorda, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nathaniel DEAN, Edward Bernard Williams, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Schwartz, Jeffrey B. Crockett, Miami, FL, for Cerceda.

William A. Keefer, U.S. Atty., Adalberto Jordan and Dawn Bowen, Assts. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for United States.

Pamela Perry, Berman, Shohat, Loewy & Perry, Miami, FL, for Alford.

John Browdy, Miami, FL, for Williams.

Kathleen Williams, Fed. Pub. Defender and Helen C. Trainor, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Zapata, Borge, and Bradley.

Jacqueline Rubin, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Miami, FL, and Kathleen M. Williams, Fed. Pub. Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Fernandez-Dominguez.

Thomas F. Almon, Miami, FL, for Cardona, Johnson and Arias.

Oscar Arroyave, Miami, FL, for Hernandez.

Jose Batista, Hialeah, FL, Roy J. Kane, Jose Rafael Rodriguez, Jesus F. Bujan, Miami, FL, for Mestril, Benitez, Alvarez and Iglesias-Cruz.

Richard J. Diaz, Miami, FL, for Williams and Corker.

Roy E. Black, Black & Seiden, Miami, FL, for Martinez and Calas.

Fred A. Schwartz, Jeffrey B. Crockett, Miami, FL, for Cerceda.

Philip Horowitz, Miami, FL, for Palacios.

Guy Richard Strafer, Quinon, Strafer & Scola, P.A., Miami, FL, for De La Mata and Abel.

Michael S. Pasano, Zuckerman, Spaedeer, Taylor & Evans, Miami, FL, for Castilla.

Paul Rashkind, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Miami, FL, Kathleen J. Cooper, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Fernandez.

Guy W. Turner, Coral Gables, FL, for Pirela-Avila.

Barry Shevlin, Bay Harbor Island, FL, for Jimenez.

Manuel Gonzalez, Jr., Miami, FL, for Acosta.

Leonard F. Baer, Coral Gables, FL, for Vilarino.

Robert J. Becerra, Raskin & Raskin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Long.

Joel Kaplan, Miami, FL, for Vozoso.

Frank Quintero, Miami, FL, for Campos.

David J. Joffe, Coconut Grove, FL, for Suarez.

G.P. Della Fera, Miami, FL, for Karin.

James Benjamin, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Bonilla.

Reemberto Diaz, Diaz & Batista, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Durango.

John Browdy, Miami, FL, Kathleen Williams, Fed. Pub. Defender and Helen C. Trainor, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Dean.

Before TJOFLAT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal examines the point at which a district court judge being investigated by the grand jury should recuse himself in accordance with Title 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) which requires that a judge disqualify himself "in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned." Judge Michael K. Moore was questioned by FBI and IRS agents and served with a grand jury subpoena duces tecum as early as November 1992. He continued to...

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