What the panel ordered
Petition for removal dismissed as moot and for noncompliance with WCAB Rule 10960 if construed as seeking disqualification of the WCJp. 1
Petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial issued on April 15, 2026, by the WCJ
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 petition was dismissed as moot because the parties jointly requested the matter to proceed off calendar, and it did not comply with WCAB Rule 10960 if construed as seeking disqualification of the WCJ.
From the decision · page 1Applicant has filed a petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial issued on April 15, 2026, by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Thereafter on May 21, 2026, the parties jointly requested the matter to proceed off calendar. Accordingly, we will dismiss the petition for removal as the issue raised is now moot. To the extent that the petition could have been construed as seeking disqualification of the WCJ, the petition did not comply with WCAB Rule 10960, and thus, we would have otherwise dismissed the petition as one seeking qualification. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10960.)
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.
Parties jointly requested the matter to proceed off calendar after the petition for removal was filed.
Favours Defendant prevailed
This rendered the petition moot and led to its dismissal.
From the decision · page 1Applicant has filed a petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial issued on April 15, 2026, by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Thereafter on May 21, 2026, the parties jointly requested the matter to proceed off calendar. Accordingly, we will dismiss the petition for removal as the issue raised is now moot. To the extent that the petition could have been construed as seeking disqualification of the WCJ, the petition did not comply with WCAB Rule 10960, and thus, we would have otherwise dismissed the petition as one seeking qualification. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10960.)
The rules the panel named
Authorities as the decision cited them, with how this panel applied each one.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10960
WCAB Rule 10960
Petition did not comply with this rule and would have been dismissed on that basis if construed as seeking disqualification of the WCJ.
From the decision · page 1Applicant has filed a petition for removal from the order setting the matter for trial issued on April 15, 2026, by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Thereafter on May 21, 2026, the parties jointly requested the matter to proceed off calendar. Accordingly, we will dismiss the petition for removal as the issue raised is now moot. To the extent that the petition could have been construed as seeking disqualification of the WCJ, the petition did not comply with WCAB Rule 10960, and thus, we would have otherwise dismissed the petition as one seeking qualification. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 8, § 10960.)
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