The opinion
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION
PERFECT KETO, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v. Case No: 8:21-cv-1295-MSS-JSS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
FLORIDA RESEARCH
FOUNDATION, INC. and AXCESS
GLOBAL SCIENCES, INC.,
Defendants.
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ORDER OF RECUSAL
Under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a), a judge must disqualify herself in any proceeding in
which her impartiality might reasonably be questioned. When the proper grounds
exist, a Judge has an affirmative and self-enforcing obligation to recuse herself sua
sponte. United States v. Kelly, 888 F.2d 732, 744 (11th Cir. 1989). In this case, the
undersigned’s spouse is the dean of the University of South Florida College of
Pharmacy. The University of South Florida is “administered by” the Board of
Trustees. Fla. Stat. § 1001.71 (2021). Consequently, recusal is warranted. The Clerk
is directed to reassign this case to another magistrate judge by random draw and
provide notice to the parties of the new magistrate judge.
DONE and ORDERED in Tampa, Florida, on September 21, 2021.
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JUEIE $. SNEED
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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