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IN RE U.S.

No. 09-2264.

572 F.3d 301 (2009)

In re UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

July 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle L. Jacobs, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner.

Stephen M. Shapiro, Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Respondent

Nancy Joseph, Federal Defender Services of Eastern Wisconsin, Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI, for Rashid A. Salahuddin.

Before RIPPLE, ROVNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The United States ("the Government") has filed this petition for a writ of mandamus seeking the recusal of the respondent district judge currently presiding over a criminal action pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Because the Government has established that a reasonable, well-informed observer might question the impartiality of the district judge, we must grant the requested writ, disqualifying...

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