CLAY, Circuit Judge. Defendant Leron Liggins was indicted on one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and one count of aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 and 18 U.S.C. § 2. At a pretrial hearing, the district judge remarked that Liggins “look[ed] like a criminal to me” and that Liggins was doing “what criminals do.” Liggins moved for the district judge’s recusal based on these remarks, among others, and the district court denied the motion. For the reasons that follow, we VACATE the district court’s judgment of conviction and sentence, and REMAND to another district judge for a new trial.