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09-16-2004 11:16AM FROM-DOL NATURAL RESOURCES 3038663558 T-183 P.007/008 F-311 <br />view of reezeational in-channel water rights that he advocated in Fart Coddins. <br />Uppar Gun.nison is not requesting Justice Hobbs "bend over backwards" to disqualify himsclf <br />from this case, must leiis to recuse himself vrrllert: these is no valid reason to do so, as the CWCB <br />suggests. Rather, Uppor Gunnison raqunst9 that Juetice Hobhs and the Couxt carefully eonsider the <br />totality of the circumatancea set farth in. LTpper Gunnison's motian togethar with tht: issues framed <br />and argued bythe CS7VCB. Tf, as Upper Cnuuaison belieVes, an appearance ofpositianal bias has been <br />shown, Tuatice Hobbe should properlybe disquaufied in this case. As Juatice Rohaquist recognized <br />inLaird v. Tatum, 409 U.S. 824, 837-8 (1972), where a judge deams b.imeelf disquaiified; he mudt <br />not docide agaimt reausal simplybecause Qfthe "possibility of art affirmanea of'the judgmnnt helow <br />by an equally divided caurt," <br />Respectfully submitmd this 24 day of Septeanber, 2004. <br />??C i???E? ,• <br />cynthia F. Cove11, # 10169 <br />Gilbert Y. Marchand, Jr, #19874 <br />6