Judge skeptical of anti-abortion group's bias claims
Source: Associated Press
Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press
Updated 3:22 pm, Thursday, June 22, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A U.S. District Court judge deciding whether a fellow judge should disqualify himself from lawsuits over videos by an anti-abortion group said Thursday he could not immediately see any appearance of bias.
Judge James Donato said during a hearing he was "having trouble understanding" how Judge William Orrick's affiliation with a nonprofit group and two Facebook "likes" by Orrick's wife created an appearance of bias against defendant David Daleiden.
Donato did not immediately issue a ruling on Daleiden's request to disqualify Orrick.
Daleiden is a leader of the Center for Medical Progress, which has released videos that it says show Planned Parenthood employees selling fetal tissue for profit. Planned Parenthood has denied that claim and said the videos were deceptively edited.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Judge-skeptical-of-anti-abortion-group-s-bias-11239967.php
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