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Judge Recuses Herself in AI Data Center Lawsuit | Birmingham News
A major AI data center project in Birmingham is facing a legal showdown as residents sue to halt construction, citing noise and zoning violations. The original hearing was paused when Judge Tamara Harris Johnson recused herself due to a past connection with one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers. Now, the plaintiffs are pushing for the new judge, Javan Patton Crayton, to pick up where the previous hearing left off, arguing that restarting from scratch would cause unnecessary delays and worsen the harm. They’re relying on a legal rule allowing a new judge to review existing testimony, while the…
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