Is plaintiff's claim that the trial judge was biased against him on appeal cognizable because it is raised for the first time on appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from August v. Avarga, B232996 (Cal. App. 2012):
1. Plaintiff asserts for the first time on appeal, and without support in the record, that the trial judge was biased against him and was previously removed from a case in which plaintiff was a party. We find that plaintiff's claim is not cognizable because it is raised for the first time on appeal. (See, e.g., People v. Snow (2003) 30 Cal.4th 43, 78.)
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