This post is about an Order Striking a Motion for Recusal by the North Carolina Business Court, in J. Freeman Floor Company, LLC v. Freeman. The Motion was stricken because it was procedurally defective, but the factual allegations which the Plaintiff claimed warranted recusal were interesting, as was the way in which Judge Diaz handled those allegations.
The Plaintiff moved to recuse Judge Diaz from hearing the Defendant’s Motion for Sanctions. The argument for recusal ran like this: Plaintiff asserted that (1) Defendant’s counsel (Winson) had been counsel for