(WGHP) — The man accused of staking out former President Donald Trump's Florida golf course with a gun is asking the judge presiding over the case to recuse herself. On Thursday, Ryan Wesley Routh filed a motion to recuse Judge Aileen Cannon from presiding over his case, citing the potential for "partiality" due to her appointment by Trump in May of 2020. "Mr. Routh stands accused of attempting to assassinate Donald J. Trump," the filing reads. "He faces up to life in prison. This case has already attracted significant media attention. It will continue to do so, and this Court’s rulings are likely to face intense public scrutiny. This motion presumes that this Court would preside over this case impartially. However, given the heightened stakes and the public scrutiny, there should not be any doubts about even the appearance of impartiality of the presiding judge." Ryan Routh's legal team added, "After Mr. Trump left office, he was charged in this District with 40 felony counts relating to his retention of classified documents. Your Honor recently presided over that criminal case, and ultimately dismissed the case against Mr. Trump." Trump has also praised Cannon on the campaign trail. The document quotes Trump as saying Cannon is "very smart and very strong, and loves our country. We need judges that love our country so they do the right thing." Ryan Routh's legal team postulates that Cannon could receive a federal appointment should he become president again. Inside NC Lt. Gov Mark Robinson’s $50 million lawsuit against CNN, former porn clerk; ‘Dubiously sourced hit piece’ "By repeatedly and publicly praising this Court by name for its rulings in his case, Mr. Trump has arguably bolstered the perception that the Court is partial in his favor," the motion states. "Moreover, were Mr. Trump to become President again in the future, he would be in a position to nominate Your Honor to a vacancy on a higher appellate court, including the U.S. Supreme Court. In the mind of the public, this prospect of a judicial promotion could arguably affect this Court’s ability to be impartial in this case, where Mr. Trump is the alleged victim and has an interest in the outcome." Trump's appointment of Cannon, her dismissal of his previous charges and his repeated praise of her in the wake of those dismissals are all cited as reasons she should recuse herself, arguing that it could impact public perception of the necessary impartiality of the judge overseeing this case. "Taken together, these unprecedented facts and circumstances might create an appearance of partiality in the mind of the public," the document reads. "Accordingly, the Constitution and the federal recusal statute require Your Honor to recuse herself from this case." Additionally, the motion raises questions regarding how cases are assigned within the court. "The media previously reported that the 'odds' of this Court receiving either the civil lawsuit by Mr. Trump or the criminal case against Mr. Trump 'were low,' prompting questions about the randomness of the case assignments," the motion states. "This is the now third case involving Mr. Trump that has been assigned to this Court, which has already been described as a 'remarkable coincidence.' "Given these very low odds, the public may suspect that Mr. Trump’s cases have somehow been deliberately steered to this Court. That perception would irreparably damage the integrity of this Court as an institution, not to mention the judicial process. To be clear, there is no evidence that this case (or any other) was assigned in a non-random manner. But conspiracy theories have been based on less. Recusal would thus have the added benefit of preventing the public from harboring such a dangerous perception." Background On Sunday, Sept. 15, the former president was playing golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach when the Secret Service located a man staking out the golf course and opened fire. The suspect, Ryan Routh, was arrested about 45 minutes later. Ryan Routh was taken into custody miles away from the golf course where investigators found a backpack, the gun he was allegedly using and a GoPro camera. He was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm with a destroyed serial number. Following that, he was indicted by a grand jury for additional charges, including attempted assassination. He remains in custody. NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson suing CNN for $50 million after ‘high-tech lynching,’ lawyer says Having lived most of his life in Greensboro, Ryan Routh was known to the community and to law enforcement in the area before moving to Hawaii around 2018 with his younger son. An older son of Ryan Routh, Oran Routh, was arrested in September on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images after authorities searched his Greensboro home “in connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation,” an FBI official said in court papers. A friend of Ryan Routh's was in possession of a box that contained a note that detailed the suspect's desire to kill Trump, investigators say. "Dear world, this was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump but I am so sorry I failed you. I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster," the alleged letter reads. A woman who knew Ryan Routh during the time he spent in Ukraine described him as a "ticking time bomb" to authorities long before the assassination attempt, telling the Associated Press, "Ryan was the kind of guy who would blow up a building on Tuesday, just because he felt like it."