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08-27-2004 03:38PM FROM-DOL NATURAL RESOURCES 3038663558 T-045 P.002/008 F-067 <br />miscunceptioiiS uftllc l<<w oil clisLIuiitilicatioii, ihe runcilmen<<<I dispWz in ihis rLue, :md <br />Tl?SL1CC ??Oh?l' C??111111r111? T?:?,?lT??ll?? 111C law oi recrz:?iiot??{ ifi-LhannCl divtrai??i}s. <br />i. APPLICaBLE LAw AoES Rh:QU1RE DISQUALIFICAT[UN W[-lGRC A <br />Jl1UGE'S lMl'A12'14AILfTY MTCHT BL laCA5U1VAl3LY QYIr.STYnNRp, BITT <br />'I11r.Rr 1S NO t2VASONABLE REASUN I1F.lir: 1,'t)R 0 fSQYtAY_[F[CATION. <br />No onr- clispGItVs that judgcs and justices niust upliold the integrity o1'our ju?licial <br />systeni by abstaiilir,8 FrQm any,judiciLil cunduct that dcrnonstratzs bias or przjudice <br />against parties appe-arinb befure them. The Code oi Judicial CO11dliCt 1'eqtlll'e5 ajUdge tU <br />disqnalify himszlf or herself when "tlie judgc's impartinlity might reasonably be <br />questioned, iiichiGiiig put nat limited 10°' L4scS in wliicli tliejudgc ha? a--pvrsonal bias ur <br />prejudice concen-iiiLg a pzriy, or personal knowledge of disputed evide»tiary facts <br />concerning the proceeding,;" t1ie jttcigz scrve?? as n lawyer on the martzr, or a lawyer with <br />wholli 11c prziclicCi1 law servEd as lawycr on che roittcr at the tinle ot'thzir assoeiatian; the <br />,jude,C has a tinanci.d inti?resi in ihc subject matter ai the ca.se; or a nlenlbzr nf the judge'S <br />family is involved ai the case. Culurzldo Codc ol'_rudicial Concluct, C:anon 3(C'); see also <br />C.R.C.P. 97, C.R.S. (2003). <br />Ta support a disqualification motinn, 1l7C 111c)Valll 117U5T -state iacrs from which h <br />iilay rzasanably be inferreci that the judbe has n biits or pnaudic,? that will przvenc hini <br />tiom dealing fairly ' with a pany. zijrane v. Tellui-idc Lot-ige Ar,s 'n, 732 P.?d 035,639 <br />(Colo. 1987) (quoung I'enple v, Bnthurn, 629 Y.2d 589,595 (C'olu. ] 981))_ _'F<<cis are <br />T?t?U1Tc??; cOneluso,y statement,, Cc?njeCtLac, and innucndo do ne?t suffice." ftl. HCT?, llic <br />morion and surporiing ducumcnu mcrcly allege opinions nr conclusiuns tria[ are <br />uilsubstantiat&d by tacts suppot-Ling a rensonablc inference af actual or app arent bias or <br />prr`judtce, and thus, disqualitication is nui required. I lollan??,_v. I3d. Uf C'ounty Cumm. 'n,