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Frank E. Polo, Sr. v. Scott Bernstein, et al.

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 25-10016 · judgment October 1, 2025


Certiorari denied · June 22, 2026

Questions presented

  1. Whether, when a litigant presents record-supported grounds that, taken cumulatively, would cause a reasonable observer to question a federal judge’s J. » - -»•* ................. f impartiality', under 28 U.S.C. § 455(a) and the Due Process Clause, a district court "if ; ' ' • may defiy recusal and enter dispositive judgment without meaningfully addressing the asserted appearance-of-impartiality concerns.

  2. Whether a court of appeals may affirm dismissal of a case without meaningfully engaging preserved arguments that the denial of recusal failed to apply § 455(a)’s objective cumulative-circumstances standard, thereby leaving unresolved whether the case was adjudicated by a constitutionally impartial tribunal.. II. LIST OF PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING

  3. Scott Bernstein;

  4. Marcia Del Rey;

  5. Spencer Multack;

  6. Thomas Logue;

  7. St. Thomas University;

  8. Manuel Segarra; and

  9. Segarra & Associates, P.A.

  10. Merlin Hernandez

  11. Randolph Martinez ii Polo v. Bernstein

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Frank Polo Sr.

For respondent
Jennifer R. Perez Alonso
Beasley, Demos & Brown

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jun 22 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 03 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
  3. May 22 2026
    Waiver of right of respondents Manuel Segarra and Segarra & Associates, P.A. to respond filed.
  4. May 18 2026
    Waiver of right of respondent St. Thomas University, Inc. to respond filed.
  5. May 04 2026
    Waiver of right of respondents Scott Bernstein, Third District Court of Appeal, Marcia Del Rey, Spencer Multack, Thomas Logue to respond filed.
  6. Feb 16 2026
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 28, 2026)