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A 170.6 challenge can be effective though filed after the challenged judge issues a search warrant in a criminal case. The warrant is issued on an ex parte basis and so the judge decides no contested issue of fact in issuing the warrant. Here, the 170.6 challenge was timely because filed more than 5 days before the hearing on the… Read More
Under CCP 1281.91(b), a party has an absolute right to disqualify a neutral arbitrator (once) without cause if done within 15 days of the arbitrator's providing the parties the disclosures required by CCP 1281.9. This decision holds that the right to peremptorily disqualify a neutral arbitrator under section 1281.91 is not waivable in advance so that defendant could disqualify the… Read More
