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Country: United States of America State: California If assigned in a court with a very biased judge and your opponents father worked in city hall for 30 years, how do you get case reassigned? Can this be done ex prate and to where you will not have to be heard in front of that same judge any longer?

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You or your lawyer can request a change--most judges know that they need to recuse themselves if a conflict even could be perceived…


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