What is the effect of bias or appearance bias on a different trial court judge?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Martindale v. Ochoa (In re Martindale), 241 Cal.Rptr.3d 180, 30 Cal.App.5th 54 (Cal. App. 2018):
6 We reject appellants request that further proceedings should be heard by a different trial court judge. Appellant has not shown any bias or appearance of bias on the part of the trial court judge below. (See Nevarez v. Tonna (2014) 227 Cal.App.4th 774, 786, 174 Cal.Rptr.3d 219.) Furthermore, appellants May 16, 2018 motion for sanctions against respondent and his appellate counsel is denied.
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