Judge Acker rules on motions to recuse himself from Renfroe v. Rigsby, says no

Just caught wind of Judge Acker's decision tonight regarding motions filed by Dickie Scruggs and by the Rigsby sisters. They asked Acker to recuse himself from the Renfroe v. Rigsby civil case, in the Northern District of Alabama (along with all other judges in the district), on grounds of the perception of bias stemming from his referral of Scruggs to special prosecutors for alleged criminal contempt of court. The contempt charge arose out of Scruggs' failure to return documents the sisters took from Renfroe and State Farm as ordered by Acker's injunction. He instead, after talking with Mississippi AG Jim Hood after the injunction was issued, sent them to Hood, even though Hood already had his own copies. Here is a copy of the opinion, and here is a key excerpt from the end of hi