Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Connecticut

i AM SEEKING ANOTHER JUDGE ON A HOUSING MATTER IN cONNECTICUT AS THE CURRENT JUDGE IS BIASED, DISRESPECTFUL, AND TWO-FACED & NOT IMPARTIAL.


Asked on 10/17/17, 3:07 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Max Rosenberg Rosenberg,Whewell, & Hite, LLC

First, your caps lock button is depressed. Second, it is very difficult to get a judge to recuse themselves without an actual reason. A judicial authority shall,

upon motion of either party or upon its own motion, be disqualified from acting in a matter if such judicial authority is disqualified from acting therein pursuant to Rule 2.11 of the Code of Judicial Conduct or because the judicial authority previously tried the same matter and a new trial was granted therein or because the judgment was reversed on appeal. A judicial authority may not preside at the hearing of any motion attacking the validity or sufficiency of any warrant the judicial authority issued nor may the judicial authority sit in appellate review of a judgment or order originally rendered by such authority.” Conn. Practice Book§ 1-22(a) (2017).

(a) A judge shall disqualify himself or herself in any proceeding in which the judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned including, but not limited to,

the following circumstances: (1) The judge has a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party or a party’s lawyer, or personal knowledge of facts that are in dispute in the proceeding; (5) The judge: (A) served as a lawyer in the matter in controversy or was associated with a lawyer who participated substantially as a lawyer in the matter during such association. . . .”Code of Judiical Conduct, Rule 2.11

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Manifestations of bias or prejudice

include, but are not limited to, epithets; slurs; demeaning nicknames; negative stereotyping; attempted humor based on

stereotypes; threatening, intimidating, or hostile acts; suggestions of connections between race, ethnicity, or nationality and criminality; and irrelevant references to

personal characteristics. Even facial expressions and body language can convey to parties and lawyers in the proceeding, jurors, the media, and others an appearance of bias or prejudice. A judge must avoid conduct that may reasonably be perceived as prejudiced or biased.”

Conn. Practice Book

Code of Judicial Conduct, Rule 2.3(c)(2017)

THEREFORE, based on all you have provided in your question, I don't think you would be successful.

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Answered on 10/20/17, 9:55 am


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