Yes- exactly
Lonnie Ruth and A. B. (Alonzo), Mae's brother and sister filed yesterday am for visitation.
Now he can "officially" request to be recused.
Will he act on this before recusing himself, if he does recuse himself?
Or is this just more delay for the people in Mae's family who actually LOVE HER and want to hold her and comfort her and let her know that beth, who would have cast her into death, is NOT going to be her only visitor?
Such delays in ruling are NOT the STUFF of JUSTICE in my mind. Mae may VERY well feel like a victem as she lays in that hospital room with no one to visit but her would be executioner.
As far as I know, no judge's decision to be recused is reversible. That he, he needn't request it. He needs no permission. All he needs is a reason.
From your comments, his reason is either that he no longer feels he can render an unbiased decision, or that his public expressions ("anger" with Ken) render his impartiality suspect. I am certain that judges face conduct that they "don't understand" every day, e.g., why the party would act a certain way. That doesn't prevent making a reasoned decision.
It was unprofessional of Boyd to make any public comment regarding the case, other than what is expressed in open court and in written decisions. Even though ALL judges are biased, the professional charade that they are not is supposed to be maintained.