Whether the request for recusal of the District Court of Est vaudois office was admissible and well-founded.
The request was admissible and should be granted because the usher's ongoing professional contacts with the court presidents created an objective appearance of bias.
A recusal is required not only for actual bias but also where objective circumstances give rise to an appearance of partiality. Here, the debtor's managing partner worked as usher at the same court, so regular professional relations with the presidents could reasonably create doubts about impartiality.