Does a motion to disqualify a judge from the trial of a cause where there is a master calendar be made too late?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Kennedy, 256 Cal.App.2d 755, 64 Cal.Rptr. 345 (Cal. App. 1967):
This court held, in People v. Hernandez, 242 Cal.App.2d 351, 357, 51 Cal.Rptr. 385, 389, that unless a motion to disqualify 'directed to the trial of a cause where there is a master calendar' is made to the judge supervising the master calendar not later than the time the cause is assigned for trial, it is made too late.
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