Trial Court Rules Appeal Not Permissible From a Denial of a Motion to Recuse

In the case V.M., a minor v. Sattar, No. 2025-CV-01838 (C.P. Montg. Co. April 14, 2026 Saltz, J.), the trial court issued a Rule 1925 Opinion requesting the Superior Court to find that an interlocutory appeal from an Order denying a Motion for Recusal was not permissible given that the Order at issue was neither final nor otherwise immediately appealable.

In this matter, the Defendant’s Motion for Recusal was, according to the Court, based upon the judge’s prior rulings that were adverse to the party filing the motion for recusal. The Defendant was asserting that the judge had allegedly demonstrated bias against the Defendant in that regard.

In denying the Motion for Recusal, the court further ruled that a hearing on the recusal motion was not necessary because the motion did not present any facts that, if proven, would raise questions regarding the judge’s impartiality. Rather, in this matter, the Defendant’s Motion for Recusal was primarily based on the judge’s prior adverse rulings.

In this Rule 1925 Opinion, the trial court requested the Superior Court to quash the Defendant’s appeal as improper.

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Source: The Legal Intelligencer Common Pleas Case Alert, www.Law.com (July 2, 2026).

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