US · rules
Fed. Cir. IOP 5
RECUSAL
1. Judges will consult the certificate of interest (Fed. Cir. R. 47.4) in determining
whether a basis for recusal exists.
2. Alternatively, a judge may supply the clerk with a written list of circumstances
which would require the judge’s recusal, including, e.g., names of businesses or
corporations in which the judge or family members have a financial interest, and names of
lawyers or law firms whose appearance or participation as counsel would require the
judge’s recusal. The clerk will compare the list supplied by a judge with the certificates of
interest and names of counsel filed in cases calendared for hearing by a panel on which the
judge sits, and will notify the judge of any potential basis for recusal.
3. A judge who finds recusal necessary or advisable will, as early as possible, notify
the other members of the panel and the chief judge. In preargument/presubmission cases,
the chief judge will name a substitute to serve as though originally a member of the panel.
When a recusal occurs after a case is argued or submitted, the procedures of Fed. Cir. R.
47.11 will be followed.
History
Date: November 14, 2008
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- 2026-09-18
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- 2026-09-18
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