Garrett v. Watkins et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
CENTRAL DIVISION
JESSE LEE GARRETT
ADC#656385 	PLAINTIFF
v. 	No. 4:25-cv-1001-DPM
WATKINS, Captain, # F300, Faulkner
County Detention Center, Unit 1 & 2;
ROWE, Sgt., Booking Area, Faulkner
County Detention Center, Unit 2; 	DOES,
All Officer Involved in Arrest, Conway
Police Department; 	All
Individuals/Officers Involved in
Bookings, Faulkner County Detention
Center Unit 1 & 2; 	CONWAY POLICE
DEPARTMENT; andFAULKNER
COUNTY DETENTION CENTER
ORDER
DEFENDANTS
Garrett's motion for recusal, Doc. 6, is denied. 	Adverse rulings do
not 	show 	bias. 	Liteky v. 	United 	States, 	510 	U.S. 	540, 	555 	(1994).
My impartiality could not reasonably be questioned. 28 U.S.C. § 455(a).
The Court understands Garrett's frustration with the stay. 	But the
applicable law says that this Court must abstain from proceeding with
his 	federal 	civil 	case 	while 	his 	state 	criminal 	case 	is 	ongoing.
Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 43-45 (1971). 	Motion to reopen or status
report due by 5 October 2026.
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So Ordered.
D .P. Marshall Jr. ll
United States District Judge
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