What the panel ordered
Petition for Disqualification and Request to Transfer Venue denied; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings.
Petition for Disqualification of all workers' compensation administrative law judges at Sacramento and Stockton Appeals Board District Offices filed by defendant, seeking also change of venue; matter returned to WCJ for further proceedings after denial of petition.
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.
The Appeals Board found no factual or legal basis for disqualification, noting that a party's unilateral or subjective perception of bias is insufficient for disqualification, and that the request for change of venue was not properly before the Board at this time.
From the decision · page 1Defendant seeks disqualification of all workers' compensation administrative law judges at the Sacramento and Stockton Appeals Board District Offices. Defendant also requests a change of venue to a district office other than the Sacramento and Stockton District Offices.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.