First, if Cannon was going to get mad at Smith, she's probably already mad at him for appealing this decision, as well as her earlier ones. I don't see this filing from CREW as likely to make much difference either way.
Second, this brief was filed by an outside group. There's no indication that Smith was involved in any way. It would therefore be extremely childish to hold this against him. Very few people would be that childishly petty, so the risk seems pretty low to me.
Third, if this effort from CREW is successful and the 11th circuit, which is probably already tired of her shenanigans (cannonigans? 
) takes her off the case, it won't matter what she thinks.
Personally, I think the possible benefits of this outweigh what I feel is a relatively small risk.
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