A federal judge in Florida overseeing Walt Disney Co.'s lawsuit against Gov. DeSantis recuses himself, saying he has a relative who owns Disney stock and could be affected by the case's outcome.
recused himself Thursday, saying he has a relative who owns Disney stock and could be affected by the case's outcome.
"Defendants seek to disqualify me from presiding over this case because, in their view, questions I have asked in previous, related cases raise substantial doubts about my impartiality," Walker wrote. DeSantis' lawyers had argued in their motion that comments Walker made in a case on intellectual freedom on college campuses and on the Stop Woke Act, a 2022 law that restricts discussions of race, gender and inequality in business and education, suggested the governor's actions against Disney were retaliatory."I find the motion is nothing more than rank judge-shopping. Sadly, this practice has become all too common in this district," he said.
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