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OCR: such sentiments. At bottom, petitioners' allegations bias rest instcad on the substance various rul. ings and case -management decisions made the district judge presiding over the 1983 and 1991 trials. Under either the extrajudicial-source requii irement (see Part suora} the rule that disqualification cannot be based on judicial rulings (see Part II. supra ) peti itioners disqualification claim fails. There is n0 allegation that the district judge's alleged bias had an extrajudicial source, and virtually all of the instunces of alleged bias cited by petitioners In- volved either legal rulings by the district judge the judge's statements 10 his understanding the requirements the law pur the propriety 0 par- ticular evidence, arguments or procedures. Even assuming that adverse judicial rulin ...