Federal Judge Mary K. Dimke recuses herself from Brumback v. Ferguson (Mag Ban) and Banta v. Ferguson (AWB) cases

In two late Friday filings, Judge Mary K. Dimke has recused herself from the Brumback v. Ferguson (Mag Ban) and Banta v. Ferguson (AWB) Federal cases out of the Eastern District of Washington.

In the Banta v. Ferguson filing, Judge Dimke ordered the following:

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 455 and for reasons that are unnecessary to recite here, the undersigned deems it appropriate to recuse from any further proceedings in the above-captioned matter.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that this case be returned to the District Court Executive for random reassignment to another Judge in this district.

The cases have each been randomly reassigned to Judge Thomas O. Rice, nominated in 2011 by President Obama.