Spencer v. Kemna, 523 U.S. 1, 17, 118 S.Ct. 978, 140 L.Ed.2d 43 (1998) (internal quotation marks omitted). A recurrent dispute will “evade review” if it could not be entirely litigated before again becoming moot, including prosecution of appeals as far as the Supreme Court. See, e.g., Honig v. Doe, 484 U.S. 305, 322-23, 108 S.Ct. 592, 98 L.Ed.2d 686 (1988) (noting the likely mooting “by the time review can be had in this Court” of any future lawsuit brought by plaintiff). Given these strictures, it has been said that the exception “applies only in exceptional situations,” Spencer, 523 U.S. at 17, 118 S.Ct. 978, and is “severely circumscribed,” Knaust v. City of Kingston, 157 F.3d 86, 88 (2d Cir.1998). See also Muhammad v. City of N.Y. Dep’t of Corr., 126 F.3d 119, 123 (2d Cir.1997) (<HOLDING>). Mootness is a recurring phenomenon in
recognizing exception recognizing that implied bias is appropriate in certain situations holding the court should only apply the doctrine narrowly and only under exceptional circumstances recognizing exceptional cireumstances as an exception to the preservation rule holding that the exception is applied only in exceptional situations 