Patrick A. German v. Superior Court of California

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PATRICK A. GERMAN, ) NO. CV 21-2774-SB(E) ) 12 Petitioner, ) ) 13 v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) 14 SUPERIOR COURT OF )

CALIFORNIA, )

15 ) Respondent. ) 16 ) 17 18 BACKGROUND 19 20 Petitioner, who is a defendant in a criminal case pending in the 21 Los Angeles County Superior Court, filed a Petition herein on 22 March 29, 2021. The Petition names the “Superior Court of California” 23 as the Respondent and the “People of the State of California” as the 24 “Real Party in Interest.” The face page of the Petition states: “on 25 appeal from the California Supreme Court for the State of California” 26 and “Appeal from Denial of Cal.Pen.Code § 170.1.” 27 /// 28 /// 1 The Petition seeks to challenge the Superior Court’s denial of 2 Petitioner’s motion to disqualify the trial judge, as well as the 3 California Court of Appeal’s subsequent denial of…