Bezio v. Pale Horse Realty LLC

United 	States 	District Court
District 	of Massachusetts
Douglas 	G. 	Bezio,
Plaintiff,
v.
Pale 	Horse 	Realty LLC,
Defendant.
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Civil 	Action Nos.
25-13702-NMG
25-13876-NMG
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MEMORANDUM 	& ORDER
GORTON, 	J.
Pending 	before 	the 	Court 	is 	a 	motion 	of 	prose 	plaintiff
Douglas 	Bezio 	(" Bezio " 	or 	"Plaintif f " ) 	for 	recusal 	of 	the
judicial 	officer 	assigned 	to 	this 	case 	(Docket 	No . 	14) . 	Bezio
moves 	for 	recusal 	based 	upon 	the 	Court ' s 	rulings 	in 	a 	related
case 	between 	the 	two 	parties , 	Pale 	Horse 	Realty 	LLC 	v . 	Bezio 	et
al , 	22 - cv - 11710 - NMG , 	which 	is 	currently 	on 	appeal 	to 	the 	First
Circuit 	Court 	of 	Appeals 	(" the 	First 	Circuit " ) . 	He 	argues 	that
the 	present 	case 	requires 	the 	Court 	to 	review 	its 	rulings 	in
t hat 	prior 	action 	and 	therefore 	warrants 	recusal .
To 	the 	extent 	tha t 	plaintif f 	seeks 	to 	relitigate 	matters
decided 	by 	this 	Court 	in 	a 	prior 	case , 	he 	will 	be 	barred 	from
doing 	so . 	The 	doctrine 	of 	issue 	preclusion 	prevents 	Bezio 	from
relitigating 	any 	issue 	actually 	decided 	in 	his 	prior 	case 	and
necessary 	to 	that 	judgment . 	Lucky 	Brand 	Dungarees , 	Inc . 	v .
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Marcel 	Fashions 	Grp ., 	Inc ., 	590 	U. S . 	405 , 	411 	(2020) . 	Any
perceived 	error 	in 	the 	ruling 	of 	this 	Court 	must 	be 	addressed 	by
the 	First 	Circuit 	but 	will 	remain 	binding 	in 	the 	meantime.
To 	the 	extent 	that 	Bezio 	presents 	the 	Court 	with 	new 	issues
of 	law 	or 	fact , 	this 	session 	will 	address 	them 	impartially .
ORDER
For 	the 	forgoing 	reasons , 	plaint iff ' s 	Motion 	for 	Recusal
(Docket 	No . 	14) 	is 	DENIED.
So 	ordered.
Senior 	United 	States 	District 	Judge
Dated : 	March / 	, 	2026
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