What the panel ordered
Petition for Removal and Disqualification is denied.
Applicant petitioned for removal and disqualification of the WCJ; the Board reviewed the petition, supplemental pleading, and WCJ report.
This docket was decided more than once. Shown here is the latest released decision; we also hold September 1, 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.
Petition did not set forth facts under penalty of perjury sufficient to establish disqualification.
From the decision · page 4Here, the petition for disqualification does not set forth facts, declared under penalty of perjury, that are sufficient to establish disqualification pursuant to Labor Code section 5311, WCAB Rule 10960, and Code of Civil Procedure section 641(f) and/or (g). Accordingly, we will deny the petition to the extent it seeks to disqualify the WCJ.