[Added 12/10: NDCA District Judge Charles Breyer has been assigned to the Occupy Fresno lawsuit. No new hearing date yet.]
A federal lawsuit about a request by Occupy Fresno protesters for an immediate order to allow them to stay in Courthouse Park at all hours has been moved out of the Eastern District.
According to the federal court, it issued an order "finding it necessary to recuse all judges in the Eastern District of California from this action."
The judges "decided that recusal of the EDCA judges is appropriate for a one year period of time from the departure of former colleague, Oliver W. Wanger, in any case where he appears as counsel." Wanger was representing the county in the case.
The hearing had been scheduled for 3:30 p.m. today, but has been referred to the Ninth Circuit for reassignment.
Fresno Bee, 12/9/11. And here's EDCA General Order 515 setting forth the recusal rule referred to in the Bee article.