UNITED STATES v. DEVLIN

Cr. Nos. 12174, 12201, 12201.

284 F.Supp. 477 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America v. Edmund DEVLIN. UNITED STATES of America v. Ralph "Whitey" TROPIANO. UNITED STATES of America v. William P. GRASSO.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

May 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon O. Newman, U. S. Atty., Hartford, Conn., Samuel J. Heyman, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., and J. Daniel Sagarin, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Haven, Conn., for the United States.

Ira B. Grudberg, of Jacobs, Jacobs, Grudberg & Clifford, New Haven, Conn., for defendant Devlin in Criminal No. 12,174 and defendant Grasso in Criminal No. 12,201.

Howard A. Jacobs, of Jacobs, Jacobs, Grudberg & Clifford, New Haven, Conn., for defendant Tropiano in Criminal No. 12,201.


TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

QUESTION PRESENTED

The essential question presented by defendants' motions, pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 144, to disqualify the undersigned judge from proceeding further in these cases is whether rulings by the judge fixing bail and on motions to reduce bail show personal bias or prejudice on the part of the judge against defendants.

The Court holds that the affidavits in support of the instant motions are insufficient as a...

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