Parties Who Reached Settlement In USERRA Suit Say Recusal Not Necessary

Mealey's (June 7, 2022, 10:51 AM EDT) -- ROCKFORD, Ill. — The United States and the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) filed a joint notice on June 6 in a federal court in Illinois stating that neither side in the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) dispute plans to ask the judge tasked with approving their settlement to recuse himself after he revealed that he knows one of the people involved in the case well enough to “know the name of her current dog and the name of her former cat.”...