Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the recusal request against the federal judges and clerk was admissible and well-founded
Decisione estratta
The request was not entered into because it relied solely on objectively unsuitable grounds; prior participation in the refusal of legal aid did not by itself show bias.
Motivazione estratta
A judicial officer is not biased merely because he or she took part in a decision denying legal aid for lack of prospects, absent additional concrete indications of partiality. Since the request was based only on such insufficient reasons, the chamber could decide it without excluding the challenged persons.