Federal judge removes himself in another high-profile case
It remains unclear why Judge Mark Norris recused himself. (The Daily Memphian file)
U.S. District Judge Mark Norris removed himself from the pending civil rights lawsuit about Tyré Nichols death.
U.S. District Judge Sheryl Lipman has been assigned to the yearslong case. Norris’ removal of himself follows his recusal in the federal criminal case of the five former Memphis Police Department officers who were charged in relation to Nichols’ 2023 death.
It remains unclear why Norris recused himself. His order of removal Thursday, June 26, did not give a reason why.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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