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Christopher E. Larson, et ux. v. Snohomish County, Washington, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, No. 80968-7-I, 81874-1-1 · judgment December 6, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether judges in Washington State must specifically address the judicial partiality claims actually asserted by the parties against judicial officers and court staff in order to adjudicate whether such claims are properly asserted pursuant to that Due Process of law standard mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment?
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Whether Washington State judges and judicial officers are required to inform themselves about their financial circumstances and disclose those circumstances to the parties when ruling on disqualification challenges premised on the Fourteenth Amendment?
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Whether Washington State judges and judicial officers must pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment apply an objective standard to judicial neutrality challenges that requires recusal from a case when the likelihood of bias on the part of the judge “is too high to be constitutionally tolerable?”
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Scott Erik Stafne
Stafne Law Advocacy and Consulting
For respondent
Geoffrey Alan Enns
Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Mar 06 2023Rehearing DENIED.
- Feb 15 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/3/2023.
- Feb 03 2023Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Jan 09 2023Petition DENIED.
- Dec 22 2022Waiver of right of respondents Snohomish County, Snohomish County Auditor and Registrar, Snohomish County Superior Court Clerk, Snohomish County Examiner of Titles & Legal Advisor to the Registrar to respond filed.
- Dec 21 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/6/2023.
- Nov 23 2022Waiver of right of respondents Robert Ferguson, Washington AG and Jay Inslee, Washington Governor to respond filed.
- Nov 23 2022Waiver of right of respondent Quality Loan Service Corporation of Washington to respond filed.
- Nov 18 2022Waiver of right of respondents Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc., Trust 2007-HE2 Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007 to respond filed.
- Nov 17 2022Waiver of Snohomish County Superior Court of right to respond not accepted for filing. (November 17, 2022) (Waiver to be filed in paper format by non-Bar member)
- Nov 16 2022Waiver of Snohomish County, et al. of right to respond not accepted for filing. (November 18, 2022) (Waiver should be efiled by Counsel of Record)
- Sep 06 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2022)