Jury Heard Former Fuel Company Exec on Tape Making Racist Insults In His Fraud Trial, Now He Wants Black Judge to Recuse Himself from Retrial for Someone Who Has ‘Not Already Judged’ Him
The former president of Pilot Co., the largest fuel retailer in the nation, is seeking to have the Black judge presiding over the fraud case against him recused. Mark Hazelwood claimed in court documents filed on May 14 that U.S. District Judge Curtis Collier showed bias against him at the initial trial after hearing a…