Key legal question
Whether the district-court vice president had to recuse herself for prior involvement in the related debt-enforcement complaint.
Extracted holding
No recusal was required because the prior supervisory decision did not make the outcome of the later restitution action appear predetermined.
Extracted reasoning
The earlier complaint decision was set aside by the Federal Supreme Court and had not addressed the merits of the later restitution action. The later case would involve broader factual and procedural issues, including the opponent's compliance with the limitation period and the adversarial presentation of evidence, so the appearance of bias was not established.