Doddy v. Oxy USA
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In Doddy v. Oxy USA, 101 F.3d 448, 458 (5th Cir. 1996), the Fifth Circuit held that:
| “ | We are reluctant to disturb the generally consistent line of cases that have held that a judge may do nothing in a case after recusing himself except the necessary ministerial acts of transferring it to another judge, and carve out a special exception in this matter. Therefore, we believe it was error for Judge Harmon to have vacated her earlier order of recusal. | ” |
But the Court held that the failure to abide by this was harmless error, in which the district court set aside its own recusal order. The court affirmed because no harm was caused by the error.