No Basis To Recuse

The Montana Supreme Court declined to overturn a civil protection order on several asserted grounds including

Jamarv also contends that the District Court Judge should have recused herself as an attorney who is a partner at the same firm as her brother, a Montana attorney, previously represented him in an unrelated cause. Upon review of the record, it is completely devoid of any objection to Judge Snipes Ruiz presiding over the cause at issue, nor is there any information or evidence that Judge Snipes Ruiz knew anything about a colleague of her brother previously representing Jamarv, if such occurred, or that she possessed any information related to that representation at all. As such, there was no basis for Judge Snipes Ruiz to recuse herself under the Rules of Professional Conduct.

(Mike Frisch)