OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The District Court judge who dismissed Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus had been the state court judge who presided over his criminal trial. The principal question we consider is whether the judge should have sua sponte recused from the habeas proceeding.
I.
Appellant Charlie Clemmons' conviction arose out of a 1980 incident...
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