Question juridique clé
Whether the federal appeal against the recusal decision was admissible at the time of filing
Solution extraite
The appeal was premature because the challenged recusal decision had not yet been notified when the appeal was filed.
Motifs extraits
The April mailings concerned procedural requests and the parties' submissions, not the later recusal order of 17 May 2011. Since the appeal attacked an order not yet notified, it could not be heard.