Key legal question
Whether the recusal request against the Federal Court had to be granted or a recusal proceeding opened.
Extracted holding
The request was inadmissible because prior decisions against the appellant do not by themselves establish lack of impartiality, and the invoked chamber was not competent in any event.
Extracted reasoning
No circumstances showing bias were alleged; a judge's prior involvement in other cases does not undermine independence under Art. 34 para. 2 BGG.