Entire Federal Bench in Middle Tennessee Recuses From Marsha Blackburn’s Lawsuit Against Jack Smith

Entire Federal Bench in Middle Tennessee Recuses From Marsha Blackburn’s Lawsuit Against Jack Smith​

Every sitting district judge in the Middle District of Tennessee has stepped off Senator Marsha Blackburn’s civil rights lawsuit against former Special Counsel Jack Smith, forcing the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to designate an outside judge to hear the case.
Chief Judge William L. Campbell, Jr. signed the one-page order on October 5, 2026, in Blackburn v. Smith. The order states, in full: “All District Judges of the Middle District of Tennessee have recused in this matter.
As such, a District Judge from outside the District will be designated by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. When the designation is made, the case will be reassigned.”
The court gave no reason. Why are these judges running for the hills?
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Senator Blackburn (R-TN) dropped a massive lawsuit in late September demanding justice after it was revealed that Jack Smith’s out-of-control, partisan witch-hunt secretly obtained her private cell phone records from Verizon.