Questão jurídica principal
Whether the presiding district judge had to recuse herself because her request for substantiation created an appearance of bias.
Decisão extraída
No appearance of bias arose from the judge's procedural request for substantiation of the defence-counsel-change motion.
Fundamentação extraída
The alleged recusal ground was objectively untenable. The judge's statement only reflected that stricter requirements may apply where a previous counsel change had already been granted; this did not show pre-judgment or partiality.