Judge recusal request denied in case involving Metro Councilman
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BATON ROUGE - An effort to delay a case yet again involving a Baton Rouge Metro Councilman and his neighbor has been reversed.Metro Councilman Cleve Dunn's attorney, Representative Edmond Jordan, tried to get judge Beau Higginbotham recused from the case. That recusal was reversed by the First Circuit Court of Appeal because the paperwork was filed late.Last March, Higginbotham ordered Dunn to pay $57,000 to his neighbors Donna and Eugene Michelli after adding a cabana and a fence in a place...

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