What the panel ordered
Petition for disqualification denied
Petition for disqualification of the WCJ filed by applicant
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold June 18, 2021.
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The WCJ's Report and the record review showed no grounds for disqualification based on bias or prejudice, and the petition was denied.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks disqualification of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) based upon various allegations that the WCJ is generally biased.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
The WCJ's Report found no specific facts establishing bias or prejudice as required by law.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This lack of factual basis for bias led to denial of the disqualification petition.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks disqualification of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) based upon various allegations that the WCJ is generally biased.
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Code of Civil Procedure section 641
Grounds for disqualification under Code of Civil Procedure section 641 including bias or prejudice.
Applied to evaluate the petition for disqualification.
From the decision · page 1Labor Code2 section 5311 provides that a party may seek to disqualify a WCJ upon any one or more of the grounds specified in Code of Civil Procedure section 641. (§ 5311; see also Code Civ. Proc., § 641.) Among the grounds for disqualification under section 641 are that the WCJ has "formed or expressed an unqualified opinion or belief as to the merits of the action"
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, 10960
Petitions for disqualification must be timely filed within 10 days after notice or knowledge of grounds.
Applied to assess timeliness of the petition.
From the decision · page 2Next, petitions for disqualification must be timely filed: "If the workers' compensation judge assigned to hear the matter and the grounds for disqualification are known, the petition for disqualification shall be filed not more than 10 days after service of notice of hearing or after grounds for disqualification are known." (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10960.)
What proof carried it
The evidence the panel weighed, by kind.
The WCJ's analysis and report found no evidence of bias or prejudice, supported by case law and procedural rules.
From the decision · page 1Applicant seeks disqualification of the workers' compensation administrative law judge (WCJ) based upon various allegations that the WCJ is generally biased.
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