General Discussion

There is no basis for removing her. The 11th circuit tore her special master decision to pieces on the merits, but appeals courts tear district court judges to pieces for their decisions all the time. The 11th Circuit did not suggest in any way that her decision was the result of bias and, in fact, rejected an ethics complaint against Cannon finding no evidence of bias or other illicit conduct. Moreover, while there is precedent for the 11th Circuit directing that a case be reassigned to a different judge when the original judge repeatedly fails to follow the 11th Circuit's orders, in the special master case, the 11th circuit remanded the case to Cannon, not to a different judge and, significantly, on remand Cannon amended her order consistent with the 11th Circuit's decision.