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writ when they did not oppose or contest any of the grounds, facts or claims setforth in the Petition.Despite the requirement that the District Court have a hearing no laterthan twenty-five (25) days after the Petition is filed and summarily decide thecase, or earlier if the grounds or facts in the Petition are undisputed, as in thiscase, as set forth in 28 USC § 2243, the District Court waited for 103 days torender its decision (Dkt #30), at which time it denied the unopposed Petition.The District Court’s decision showed that neither it (Judge Walter) nor theMagistrate Judge (Judge Woehrle) had even read the full Petition. (SeeMagistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (“Report”) Dkt #26, page 10,line 13, through page 11, line 1, which states the Petition had only five grounds.The Petition had, in fact, seven grounds. Page 13, line 27, through page 14, line4, of the Report states Fine was not charged under B&P Code § 6126, a criminalcount. The Order to Show Cause, at page 3, paragraph 16, attached to thePetition shows this charge. At page 23, line 1, through page 24, line 16, theReport again ignores the criminal contempt charge which was never dismissed.)The District Court left itself with only Counts One, Two and Five todecide.As to Count One, the Report did not cite to
Caperton, et al, v. A.T. MasseyCoal Co., et al
, 566 U.S. ___ (2009) decided June 8, 2009, which held that alarge contributor to a campaign committee of a judge by a litigant with aprospective case before him mandated the judge’s recusal from the case as adenial of due process.
Caperton
, supra, mandated the granting of the writ by theDistrict Court because Judge Yaffe had received an illegal payment from LACounty equal to 28% of his state salary (a substantial sum) and then made anorder in favor of LA County and against Fine without notice to Fine and without
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