Donziger To 2nd Circuit: Mandamus Needed To Remedy Judge’s ‘Appearance Of Recusal’

Mealey's (April 22, 2020, 9:47 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Steven R. Donziger, the attorney who won an $18.5 billion judgment against Chevron Corp. in a court in Ecuador for injuries only to have it reversed, on April 20 filed a brief in the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that his petition for a writ of mandamus should be granted because a district court judge created the “appearance of an actual recusal, believing that he could make decisions in the case as he might choose” (In re: Steven Robert Donziger [Steven Robert Donziger] v. Chevron Corporation, No. 20-464, 2nd Cir.)....