Re: Corruption Texas Style

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A man has to make a living, right? And now you want to get picky about the
particulars?

"Jim Rojas" <jrojas+tech-man.com> wrote in message
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http://texaslawyer.typepad.com/texas_lawyer_blog/2007/10/the-third-judge.html
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> October 01, 2007
> Federal judges recuse themselves
>
> On Sept. 28, Senior U.S. District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer and U.S.
> District Judge Sam A. Lindsay of the Northern District of Texas in
> Dallas wrote letters recusing themselves from the government's
> corruption case against 14 individuals, including some former Dallas
> city officials, in which an indictment was unsealed this morning.
> Buchmeyer, writing to Clerk of the Court Karen Mitchell, cites personal
> reasons for his recusal. Buchmeyer may have recused himself because he
> presided over Walker v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
> Development, a major Dallas housing desegregation suit in which he
> ordered that multifamily housing have a certain number of units set
> aside for low-income families. Walker and the Dallas City Council vote
> concerning Walker are mentioned in the Hill indictment. Lindsay, writing
> to Chief U.S. District Judge A. Joe Fish, does not cite any specific
> reason for his recusal, although he is a former Dallas city attorney.
> The clerk, according to the court's electronic records, subsequently
> assigned the case, United States v. Don W. Hill, et al., to U.S.
> District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn. In a separate indictment unsealed
> today in the case United States v. James L. Fantroy Sr., the government
> alleges former Dallas City Councilman James L. Fantroy Sr. embezzled
> funds from Paul Quinn College, where he had served on the board of
> trustees. In a letter to Mitchell, Buchmeyer recused himself from that
> case as well citing personal reasons. Mitchell reassigned the case to
> U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade. In a third indictment in the case
> United States v. Jack Potashnik, the father of a real estate developer
> who is a defendant in Hill was charged with tax evasion. On Oct. 1, U.S.
> District Judge Jane L. Boyle recused herself from that case and the
> clerk assigned it to U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater. Fitzwater
> then ordered that the case be transferred to Lynn. In a fourth
> indictment in the case United States v. Darren L. Reagan, the defendant
> is accused of theft of public money related to housing subsidies. On
> Oct. 1, Fitzwater ordered Reagan transferred to Lynn's court.
>
> -- Miriam Rozen