Taitz v. Colvin, No. 13-1878, 2014 WL 3739542 (D.Md. July 25, 2014) (Hollander, J.)

Taitz v. Colvin, No. 13-1878, 2014 WL 3739542 (D.Md. July 25, 2014) (Hollander, J.)

Re: Request for Social Security application filed by third party

Disposition: Denying plaintiff's motion to reopen case, and for court to recuse and to transfer case to another judge on ground of actual conflict of interest

• Litigation Considerations:  The court holds that "plaintiff has not established grounds to reopen this case under Rule 60 based on 28 U.S.C. § 455(b)(5)(iii)."  The court disagrees with "plaintiff['s] assert[ion] that [Judge Hollander] had a duty to disclose that [she] was appointed by President Obama and to recuse [herself] because [her] appointment by President Obama created an actual conflict of interest in regard to the case."  Judge Hollander states that "[p]laintiff can rest assured that if any reasonable grounds existed for me to recuse myself from this case, I would have done so, if for no other reason than to avoid spending precious time on such frivolous filings."