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w rit w hen they did not oppose or contest any of the grounds,facts or claim s set
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forth in the Petition .
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than tw enty-five (25) days after the Petition is filed and sum m arily decide the
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case, or earlier if the grounds or facts in th e Petition are undisputed, as in this
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case, as set forth in 28 U SC j 2243, the D istrict C ourt w aited for 103 days to
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render its decision (D kt#30),at w hich tim e it denied the unopposed Petition.
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The D istrict C ourt's decision show ed that neither it (Judge W alter) nor the
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M agistrate Judge (Judge W oehrle) had even read the full Petition. (See
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M agistrate Judge's R eport and R ecom m endation t\u00e7GR epolf'l D kt #26,page 10,
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line 13
, through page 11,line 1, w hich states the Petition had only five grounds.
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The Petition had,in fact, seven grounds. Page 13 ,line 27,through page 14, line
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4,of the R eportstates Fine w as not charged tm der B & P C ode j 6 126,a crim inal
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count. The O rder to Show Cause, at page 3, paragraph 16, attached to the
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Petition show s this charge. A t page 23, line 1, through page 24, line 16, the
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R eport again ignores the crim inal contem pt charge w hich w as never dism issed.)
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The D istrict C ourt left itself w ith only C ounts O ne, Tw o and Fiv e to
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d ecid e .
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A s to C ount O ne,th e R eportdid notcite to C aperton. et al. v.A .T(M assev
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C oal C o., et al, 566 U .S .
(2009) decided June 8, 2009, w hich held that a
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large contributor to a cam paign com m ittee of a judge by a litigant w ith a
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prospective case before him m andated the judge's recusal from the case as a
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denialofdue process. C ap erton, supra,m andated the granting of the w rit by th e
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D istrict C ourt because Judge Y affe had received an illegal paym ent 9 om LA
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C ounty equal to 28% of his state salary (a substantial sum ) and then m ade an
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order in favor of LA County and against Fine withoutnotice to Fine and w ithout
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